Texas' 7th Congressional District
Texas · TX-07
Texas' 7th Congressional District is one of 38 U.S. House districts in Texas, represented in Congress by Lizzie Fletcher (Democrat). It is home to roughly 778,356 people, with a median age of 34.3. The population is about 35% Hispanic. The median household income is $77,379, and 48% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or higher. In the 2024 presidential election it voted solidly Democratic (D+21).
Representative
Current U.S. House member (source: house.gov).
Geography
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Covering 125 square miles, TX-07 is the 403rd-largest of the 435 congressional districts by land area. With about 6,227 residents per square mile, it is a heavily urban district. Its shape is very irregular: the district's Polsby-Popper score of 0.12 ranks 390th of 435 nationally, where 1st is the most compact.
Presidential results
In the 2024 presidential election, 59% of TX-07 voters backed Kamala Harris and 38% Donald Trump — a D+21 margin. That is a 9.0-point shift toward the Republicans from 2020, when the district voted D+30.
Two-party presidential vote by district (source: The Downballot).
Who lives here
The median resident of the district is 34.3 years old, making this one of the youngest districts in the nation by median age; 22.3% of residents are under 18 and 11% are 65 or older. About 38.6% of residents were born outside the United States, and 52.2% speak a language other than English at home.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (5-year estimates).
Economy & education
At $77,379, the district's median household income ranks 215th of 435 districts nationwide. The typical owner-occupied home is worth $379,982, and the median rent is $1,382 a month. 15.7% of residents live below the poverty line, and workers average a 29.9-minute commute (14.2% work from home).
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (5-year estimates).