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Corpus Christi, TX

318,168 Population
162.3 square miles 1,960.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.6 ±0.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 36 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 35 ±0.1

Economics

$29,823 ±$716 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: $29,437 ±$605
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $34,255 ±$134
$59,993 ±$1,612 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: $59,483 ±$1,439
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $67,321 ±$214

17% ±1.1% (52,633  ±3,419) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 16.9% 69,998 (±0.9% / ±3,736)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 14% 3,965,117 (±0.1% / ±39,408)

19.5 minutes ±0.5 (2,713,100  ±76,716) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 20.5 3,676,475 (±0.4 / ±92,217)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Texas: 26.6 325,335,260 (±0.1 / ±1,164,079)

Families

117,210 ±1,029 Number of households
  • the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 153,653 ±1,101
  • Texas: 10,239,341 ±15,384
2.7 ±0 (310,191  ±755) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 2.7 413,439 (±0 / ±768)
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 2.8 28,293,548

5.2% ±0.7% (4,080  ±517) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 5.6% † 5,599 (±0.6% / ±624)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 5.7% 401,736 (±0.1% / ±6,321)

Housing

133,180 ±587 Number of housing units
  • the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 180,005 ±327
  • Texas: 11,433,880 ±1,306

$157,400 ±$2,729 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: $153,400 ±$2,590
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $202,600 ±$599

16.1% ±1% (50,706  ±3,261.3) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 15.8% 65,735 (±1% / ±3,970.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 14.9% 4,237,650 (±0.1% / ±32,280)

Social

84.6% ±1.5% (175,541  ±3,268.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 83.7% 230,876 (±1.4% / ±3,763.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 84.8% 15,793,288 (±0.2% / ±39,237.5)
22.4% ±0.8% (46,556  ±1,704.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 21.1% 58,138 (±0.7% / ±1,912.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 31.5% 5,871,195 (±0.1% / ±25,404.1)

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

9.3% ±0.6% (29,438  ±1,932) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 8.2% 34,625 (±0.5% / ±2,031)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 17% 4,904,169 (±0.1% / ±24,977)

9.2% ±0.5% (21,873  ±1,104) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 9.3% 29,131 (±0.4% / ±1,266)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 6.7% 1,426,641 (±0.1% / ±10,418)
21,873 Total veterans ±1,104 20,003 Male ±1,086 1,870 Female ±359

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