Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Zuwan karni na 20 ya kawo haɗuwa da abubuwan tattalin arziki wanda ya haifar da ci gaba mai sauri a Houston, ciki har da tashar jiragen ruwa da masana'antar jirgin kasa, raguwar Galveston a matsayin babban tashar jiragen ruwa na Texas bayan mummunar guguwar 1900
, da kuma gina tashar jirgin ruwa ta Houston, da kuma bunkasar man fetur na Texas. A tsakiyar karni na 20, tattalin arzikin Houston ya bambanta, yayin da ya zama gida ga Cibiyar Kiwon Lafiya ta Texas - mafi girman cibiyoyin kiwon lafiya da cibiyoyin bincike a duniya - da Cibiyar Sararin Samaniya ta NASA ta Johnson, gida ga Cibiyar Kula da Ofishin Jakadancin.