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Corpus Christi, TX

317,314 Population
166.4 square miles 1,906.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.3 ±0.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 38.4 ±0.7
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 35.9 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$34,994 ±$1,639 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: $36,444 ±$1,619
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $41,614 ±$237
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$66,967 ±$3,490 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: $68,650 ±$3,565
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $79,721 ±$564
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

15.2% ±1.9% (47,120  ±5,861) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 14.1% † 61,970 (±1.7% / ±7,276)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 13.4% 4,108,899 (±0.3% / ±76,334)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

21.3 minutes ±0.9 (2,934,840  ±153,851) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 21.6 4,175,150 (±0.8 / ±190,928)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Texas: 27.5 362,382,530 (±0.1 / ±2,293,063)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

121,883 ±2,875 Number of households
  • the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 173,169 ±3,590
  • Texas: 11,449,769 ±22,867
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0.1 (309,259  ±196) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 2.5 439,682 (±0.1 / ±3,063)
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 2.7 30,665,006
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.7% ±2% (4,308  ±1,534) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 5.2% † 5,404 (±1.5% / ±1,605)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 5.2% 400,404 (±0.2% / ±16,095)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

139,618 ±1,482 Number of housing units
  • the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 204,579 ±1,689
  • Texas: 12,616,736 ±820
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$234,000 ±$10,189 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: $232,100 ±$7,586
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $313,200 ±$1,780
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

15.2% ±2.4% (47,676  ±7,635.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 13.5% † 59,930 (±2% / ±8,677.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 13.9% 4,289,833 (±0.2% / ±69,081.8)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

86.6% ±3.7% (184,883  ±8,043.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 85.9% 261,336 (±3.1% / ±9,536)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 86.7% 17,837,644 (±0.4% / ±79,388.3)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
27.1% ±2.3% (57,877  ±4,814.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 25.2% 76,763 (±1.8% / ±5,533.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 35.2% 7,235,647 (±0.2% / ±50,280.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

9.8% ±1.7% (31,018  ±5,258) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 9.3% † 41,581 (±1.3% / ±5,971)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 18.4% 5,762,477
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

8.8% ±1.2% (21,290  ±2,931) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area: 8.4% † 28,866 (±0.9% / ±3,178)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 6% 1,416,215 (±0.1% / ±19,072)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
21,290 Total veterans ±2,931 18,971 Male ±2,627 2,319 Female ±1,137

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