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Census Tract 118, Jefferson, TX

1,499 Population
0.8 square miles 1,955 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.7 ±14.1 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Port Arthur: 35.5 ±1.7
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Jefferson County: 37 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1

Economics

$21,552 ±$6,255 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Port Arthur: $26,496 ±$1,853
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Jefferson County: $32,101 ±$741
  • about half the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
$39,583 ±$16,813 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Port Arthur: $46,354 ±$3,945
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Jefferson County: $60,026 ±$1,694
  • about half the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263

23.1% ±11.4% (344  ±183) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Port Arthur: 29% † 15,913 (±2.9% / ±1,591)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Jefferson County: 19.5% 46,448 (±1.1% / ±2,562)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)

18.6 minutes ±1.9 (8,050  ±2,936) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Port Arthur: 23.4 464,075 (±1 / ±30,355)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Jefferson County: 21.2 2,095,400 (±0.5 / ±59,947)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)

Families

629 ±121 Number of households
  • Port Arthur: 21,630 ±702
  • Jefferson County: 94,807 ±949
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
2.4 ±0.1 (1,499  ±302) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Port Arthur: 2.6 55,198 (±0.1 / ±49)
  • a little less than the figure in Jefferson County: 2.5 238,473 (±0 / ±240)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696

12.9% ±18.5% (37  ±55) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Port Arthur: 4.7% † 590 (±1.5% / ±184)
  • more than double the rate in Jefferson County: 5.8% † 3,203 (±1% / ±539)
  • more than double the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)

Housing

874 ±147 Number of housing units
  • Port Arthur: 25,631 ±650
  • Jefferson County: 109,884 ±114
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574

$83,500 ±$17,520 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Port Arthur: $107,400 ±$7,624
  • about half the amount in Jefferson County: $169,500 ±$4,123
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738

2.7% ±3.4% (40  ±50.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Port Arthur: 7.4% † 4,036 (±1.4% / ±769.7)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Jefferson County: 12% 30,111 (±0.9% / ±2,359.9)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)

Social

71.3% ±11.7% (790  ±193.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Port Arthur: 78.6% 27,717 (±3.2% / ±1,343.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Jefferson County: 85.1% 144,263 (±1.7% / ±2,923.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
5.1% ±4.8% (56  ±53.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Port Arthur: 12.8% † 4,502 (±1.6% / ±567.2)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Jefferson County: 19.7% 33,468 (±0.9% / ±1,495.2)
  • less than a fifth of 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

12.2% ±8.2% (183  ±128) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Port Arthur: 20.3% 11,337 (±1.5% / ±835)
  • about the same as the rate in Jefferson County: 12.1% 30,819
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466

2.3% ±2.8% (28  ±34) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Port Arthur: 4.9% † 1,958 (±0.7% / ±303)
  • about one-third of the rate in Jefferson County: 6.7% 12,733 (±0.5% / ±876)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
28 Total veterans ±34 28 Male ±34 N/A Female ±15

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