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Bay City, TX

17,730 Population
9.3 square miles 1,913.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.6 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Bay City, TX Micro Area: 37.8 ±0.7
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1

Economics

$28,635 ±$2,948 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Bay City, TX Micro Area: $32,494 ±$1,904
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
$53,840 ±$7,435 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Bay City, TX Micro Area: $58,628 ±$4,363
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263

26% ±5.3% (4,519  ±925) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Bay City, TX Micro Area: 20.7% † 7,453 (±3.6% / ±1,275)
  • nearly double the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)

20.6 minutes ±2.1 (146,875  ±18,906) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Bay City, TX Micro Area: 24 346,470 (±1.6 / ±30,574)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)

Families

7,342 ±452 Number of households
  • the Bay City, TX Micro Area: 15,439 ±437
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
2.4 ±0.2 (17,364  ±35) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Bay City, TX Micro Area: 2.3 35,947 (±0.1 / ±17)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696

5.7% ±3.5% (249  ±156) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Bay City, TX Micro Area: 6% † 458 (±2.7% / ±202)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)

Housing

8,200 ±422 Number of housing units
  • the Bay City, TX Micro Area: 19,058 ±30
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574

$160,800 ±$10,534 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Bay City, TX Micro Area: $172,900 † ±$18,533
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738

16.5% ±4.3% (2,895  ±760.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Bay City, TX Micro Area: 12.9% † 4,645 (±2.5% / ±909.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)

Social

80.5% ±6.3% (8,592  ±801.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Bay City, TX Micro Area: 81% 19,638 (±4.8% / ±1,185)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
20.2% ±3.7% (2,159  ±409.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Bay City, TX Micro Area: 22.2% † 5,370 (±2.6% / ±625.7)
  • about three-fifths 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

16.6% ±3.2% (2,939  ±575) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Bay City, TX Micro Area: 11.8% 4,282
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466

6.1% ±1.8% (764  ±225) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Bay City, TX Micro Area: 8% † 2,151 (±1.2% / ±325)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
764 Total veterans ±225 701 Male ±233 63 Female ±68

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