Tomball, Magnolia see changes in diversity of population from 2016-21

According to U.S. Census Bureau data released Dec. 8 for local populations, the demographic makeup of the Tomball and Magnolia areas has changed over the last five years.

From 2016-21, the white population decreased in the city of Tomball as well as the ZIP codes and school districts across the Tomball and Magnolia areas, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2021 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates released Dec. 8. However, the number increased in the city of Magnolia during that time.

In the Tomball ZIP code 77375, the white population is 66.7% as of 2021 estimates while the percentage of the population that is Black or African American is 14%—a change from 78.6% and 9.3%, respectively, in 2016.

The Asian population is the largest in Tomball ZIP code 77377 at 8.1%, while people who identify as being two or more races is the largest in Magnolia ZIP code 77354 at 11.5% as of 2021 data.

In terms of ethnicity, people who are Hispanic or Latino made up 26% of the population in the city of Tomball as of 2021 estimates—up from 24.9% in 2016—while the ZIP codes 77377 and 77362 saw slight decreases in that population.

When it comes to the sex of the populations of Tomball and Magnolia, the population in the cities of Tomball and Magnolia, the ZIP code 77355, and Tomball and Magnolia ISDs is over 50% female, according to the 2021 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates.

Meanwhile, the populations for ZIP codes 77375, 77377, 77354 and 77362 are majority male.