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Bay City, TX

17,816 Population
9.3 square miles 1,922.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.8 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Bay City, TX Micro Area: 37.5 ±0.9
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$26,301 ±$2,388 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Bay City, TX Micro Area: $30,189 ±$1,798
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$51,898 ±$5,509 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Bay City, TX Micro Area: $55,174 † ±$6,186
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

26.7% ±4.5% (4,650  ±792) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Bay City, TX Micro Area: 21.8% † 7,816 (±3.6% / ±1,288)
  • nearly double the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

22.6 minutes ±3.1 (155,385  ±24,991) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Bay City, TX Micro Area: 23.3 334,370 (±2.1 / ±35,124)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

7,153 ±446 Number of households
  • the Bay City, TX Micro Area: 14,824 ±492
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
2.4 ±0.2 (17,472  ±46) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Bay City, TX Micro Area: 2.4 35,918 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

5.6% ±3.5% (242  ±151) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Bay City, TX Micro Area: 6.3% † 468 (±2.7% / ±204)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

8,204 ±398 Number of housing units
  • the Bay City, TX Micro Area: 18,871 ±22
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$149,800 ±$16,252 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Bay City, TX Micro Area: $162,200 ±$10,929
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

14.5% ±3.6% (2,543  ±626) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Bay City, TX Micro Area: 11.1% † 3,987 (±2.4% / ±876.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

81.9% ±6.7% (8,888  ±802.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Bay City, TX Micro Area: 82.8% 19,922 (±4.7% / ±1,148.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
20.5% ±4.2% (2,225  ±463.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Bay City, TX Micro Area: 22.8% † 5,482 (±2.6% / ±634.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 33.1% 6,381,971 (±0.1% / ±26,865.5)

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

14.5% ±2.8% (2,581  ±499) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Bay City, TX Micro Area: 9.9% 3,602
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

6.9% ±2.3% (871  ±292) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Bay City, TX Micro Area: 9% † 2,424 (±1.6% / ±426)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
871 Total veterans ±292 783 Male ±279 88 Female ±70

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