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Corpus Christi, TX

317,419 Population
162.3 square miles 1,956 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.9 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 37.8 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1

Economics

$34,788 ±$753 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: $34,990 ±$697
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
$67,394 ±$1,835 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: $67,453 ±$1,547
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263

17.1% ±1.1% (53,153  ±3,433) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 16.8% 73,910 (±0.9% / ±3,987)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)

21.3 minutes ±0.7 (2,942,675  ±103,877) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 21.9 4,116,430 (±0.5 / ±107,793)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)

Families

118,741 ±1,175 Number of households
  • the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 168,972 ±1,401
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
2.6 ±0 (309,111  ±122) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 2.6 438,581 (±0 / ±122)
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696

5.6% ±0.8% (4,224  ±602) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 5.7% † 5,876 (±0.7% / ±750)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)

Housing

136,279 ±517 Number of housing units
  • the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 200,842 ±101
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574

$210,400 ±$4,036 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: $210,400 ±$3,288
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738

15.3% ±1.1% (47,877  ±3,357) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 14.2% 62,839 (±0.8% / ±3,691.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)

Social

85.6% ±1.6% (180,709  ±3,492.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 85.6% 257,067 (±1.4% / ±4,121.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
24.4% ±0.8% (51,540  ±1,791.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 23.2% 69,565 (±0.7% / ±2,153.8)
  • about three-quarters 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

8.8% ±0.6% (27,990  ±1,846) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 8% 35,966
  • about half the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466

8.8% ±0.5% (21,194  ±1,178) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 8.7% 29,622 (±0.4% / ±1,326)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
21,194 Total veterans ±1,178 19,139 Male ±1,089 2,055 Female ±383

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