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The city is part of the upland plateaus that characterize the central Ozarks. Its original section is on the south side of Brushy Creek, a small tributary of Big Piney River, which itself is about a mile west of town. It has a total area of 3.65 square miles, and an average elevation of 1,165 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref>
The city is part of the upland plateaus that characterize the central Ozarks. Its original section is on the south side of Brushy Creek, a small tributary of Big Piney River, which itself is about a mile west of town. It has a total area of 3.65 square miles, and an average elevation of 1,165 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref>
==Demographics==
At the 2010 census, Houston had a total of 2,081 inhabitants, grouped into 935 households, with a population density of 571.7 people per square mile. This figure represented a moderate increase from the 2000 census, when Houston had a population of 1,992. 96.35% of the inhabitants were White, 0.19% were African-American, 0.62% were Native American, 0.43% were Asian, 0.48% were from some other race, and 1.92% were from two or more races. Hispanics of any race were 1.20% of the population.
The median age in Houston was 41.9 years, with 21.7% of inhabitants under the age of 18, 8.4% between 18 and 24 years old, 22.3% between 25 and 44, 22.7% between 45 and 64, and 24.7% 65 years old or older. The sex ratio was 44.0% male, 56.0% female.<ref>http://censusviewer.com/city/MO/Houston</ref>
According to the 2018 American Community Survey, Houston had a median household income of $27,361, and a median family income of $39,732. The unemployment rate was 11.6%. The per capita income was $16,185. About 28.1% of the population lived below the poverty line, including 32.4% of people under the age of 18 and 20.1% of people 65 years old or older.<ref>https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0400000US29_1600000US2933238&d=ACS%205-Year%20Estimates%20Data%20Profiles&tid=ACSDP5Y2018.DP03</ref>
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