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Port Arthur CCD, Jefferson County, TX

116,433 Population
94.5 square miles 1,232.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.5 ±0.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Jefferson County: 37 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,129 ±$1,305 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Jefferson County: $32,101 ±$741
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$59,460 ±$2,382 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Jefferson County: $60,026 ±$1,694
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19.4% ±1.9% (21,096  ±2,064) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Jefferson County: 19.5% 46,448 (±1.1% / ±2,562)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21 minutes ±0.7 (925,685  ±45,273) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Jefferson County: 21.2 2,095,400 (±0.5 / ±59,947)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

42,696 ±959 Number of households
  • Jefferson County: 94,807 ±949
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (108,972  ±891) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Jefferson County: 2.5 238,473 (±0 / ±240)
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.4% ±1.3% (1,576  ±329) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Jefferson County: 5.8% † 3,203 (±1% / ±539)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

49,018 ±849 Number of housing units
  • Jefferson County: 109,884 ±114
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$164,600 ±$5,432 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Jefferson County: $169,500 ±$4,123
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.8% ±1.5% (13,557  ±1,723.6) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Jefferson County: 12% 30,111 (±0.9% / ±2,359.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

83.5% ±2.3% (65,451  ±2,121.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Jefferson County: 85.1% 144,263 (±1.7% / ±2,923.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.4% ±1.2% (12,835  ±949.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Jefferson County: 19.7% 33,468 (±0.9% / ±1,495.2)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

13.8% ±0.9% (16,094  ±1,092) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Jefferson County: 12.1% 30,819
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.8% ±0.6% (5,070  ±533) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jefferson County: 6.7% 12,733 (±0.5% / ±876)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
5,070 Total veterans ±533 4,575 Male ±537 495 Female ±182

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