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Census Tract 7242, Galveston, TX

3,156 Population
0.3 square miles 9,669.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.6 ±5.1 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Galveston: 41.5 ±1.9
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Galveston County: 38.8 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1

Economics

$35,658 ±$5,643 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Galveston: $40,926 ±$1,995
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Galveston County: $44,946 ±$965
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
$46,211 ±$9,494 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Galveston: $55,631 ±$3,927
  • about half the amount in Galveston County: $86,105 ±$2,507
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263

31.8% ±7.6% (975  ±275) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Galveston: 21.4% † 10,712 (±2.5% / ±1,237)
  • more than double the rate in Galveston County: 11.7% 41,318 (±0.8% / ±2,713)
  • more than double the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)

18.6 minutes ±3.7 (25,080  ±7,164) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Galveston: 20.2 428,415 (±1.1 / ±32,254)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Galveston County: 27.9 4,136,500 (±0.4 / ±91,554)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)

Families

1,888 ±262 Number of households
  • Galveston: 25,198 ±603
  • Galveston County: 140,660 ±969
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
1.6 ±0.1 (3,058  ±456) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Galveston: 2 49,858 (±0.1 / ±69)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Galveston County: 2.5 353,262 (±0 / ±54)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696

3.2% ±3% (39  ±37) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Galveston: 6.1% † 747 (±1.6% / ±202)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Galveston County: 5.1% † 4,321 (±0.7% / ±614)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)

Housing

2,207 ±217 Number of housing units
  • Galveston: 35,776 ±525
  • Galveston County: 161,868 ±113
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574

$286,900 ±$52,736 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Galveston: $326,000 ±$18,654
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Galveston County: $314,600 ±$5,354
  • about the same as the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738

29.4% ±9.1% (917  ±313.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Galveston: 23.7% 12,506 (±2.2% / ±1,158.2)
  • more than double the rate in Galveston County: 13.9% 49,309 (±0.8% / ±2,940.6)
  • more than double the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)

Social

94.7% ±25.3% (1,947  ±345.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Galveston: 88.2% 34,751 (±3.2% / ±1,461.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Galveston County: 89.9% 219,762 (±1.6% / ±3,891.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
48.2% ±5% (991  ±222.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Galveston: 36% 14,174 (±2.3% / ±943.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Galveston County: 34.8% 85,057 (±1% / ±2,458.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)

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

12.7% ±4.8% (400  ±163) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Galveston: 13.5% † 7,214 (±1.4% / ±763)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Galveston County: 10.2% 36,517
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466

6.2% ±3.7% (172  ±105) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Galveston: 6.6% † 2,982 (±0.8% / ±351)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Galveston County: 7.3% 19,934 (±0.5% / ±1,269)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
172 Total veterans ±105 149 Male ±97 23 Female ±32

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