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Galveston, TX

53,265 Population
41 square miles 1,298 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.4 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 35 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.2 ±0.1

Economics

$37,464 ±$1,969 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: $39,997 ±$261
  • about the same as the amount in Texas: $37,514 ±$130
$57,453 ±$4,583 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: $78,061 ±$600
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $73,035 ±$227

19.3% ±1.8% (9,560  ±915) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 13.4% 947,628 (±0.2% / ±16,786)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 13.9% 3,990,326 (±0.1% / ±37,547)

20.8 minutes ±1.3 (456,615  ±34,091) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 29.8 89,761,240 (±0.1 / ±558,264)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.6 325,400,930 (±0.1 / ±1,041,657)

Families

23,748 ±656 Number of households
  • the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 2,524,403 ±5,748
  • Texas: 10,490,553 ±15,608
2.1 ±0.1 (49,479  ±71) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 2.8 7,058,855 (±0 / ±708)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Texas: 2.7 28,634,506

5.9% ±1.7% (730  ±219) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 5.7% 102,462 (±0.2% / ±3,093)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 5.7% 406,661 (±0.1% / ±6,428)

Housing

34,261 ±534 Number of housing units
  • the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 2,760,561 ±547
  • Texas: 11,654,971 ±1,030

$258,300 ±$13,426 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: $253,600 ±$1,482
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Texas: $238,000 ±$621

23.9% ±2.2% (12,600  ±1,133.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 14.1% 992,673 (±0.2% / ±16,280)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 14.7% 4,235,358 (±0.1% / ±32,193.8)

Social

86.9% ±2.7% (33,188  ±1,285.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 84.7% 3,900,854 (±0.4% / ±18,805.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 85.2% 16,118,614 (±0.2% / ±40,407)
32.2% ±2% (12,311  ±816) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 34.9% 1,605,193 (±0.3% / ±12,274.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 32.3% 6,101,787 (±0.1% / ±24,416.5)

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

13.1% ±1.3% (6,965  ±708) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 23.6% 1,688,354
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 17.1% 4,987,855

7.4% ±0.9% (3,304  ±396) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 5% 262,814 (±0.1% / ±5,100)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 6.5% 1,416,973 (±0.1% / ±11,246)
3,304 Total veterans ±396 2,971 Male ±366 333 Female ±144

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