Census Reporter

Galveston, TX

50,307 Population
41.1 square miles 1,225.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.9 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 34.5 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 34.8 ±0.1

Economics

$32,364 ±$1,641 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: $35,125 ±$238
  • about the same as the amount in Texas: $32,177 ±$121
$51,280 ±$2,373 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: $69,328 ±$503
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $63,826 ±$218

18.7% ±1.8% (8,735  ±831) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 13.5% 927,139 (±0.3% / ±18,239)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 14.2% 3,984,260 (±0.1% / ±39,546)

20.8 minutes ±1.2 (440,975  ±30,671) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 30 91,549,120 (±0.1 / ±577,284)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.6 329,257,250 (±0.1 / ±1,084,687)

Families

21,683 ±644 Number of households
  • the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 2,407,993 ±5,139
  • Texas: 9,906,070 ±18,881
2.2 ±0.1 (46,584  ±356) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 2.9 6,900,303 (±0 / ±3,052)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Texas: 2.8 28,039,855 (±0)

5.2% ±1.5% (618  ±183) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 5.7% 99,483 (±0.2% / ±3,187)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 5.6% 396,357 (±0.1% / ±6,274)

Housing

32,421 ±485 Number of housing units
  • the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 2,646,682 ±980
  • Texas: 11,112,975 ±3,353

$196,400 ±$7,377 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: $208,100 ±$1,376
  • a little higher than the amount in Texas: $187,200 ±$597

23% ±2% (11,456  ±988.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 14.8% 1,016,524 (±0.2% / ±14,961.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 15.3% 4,311,981 (±0.1% / ±29,217.6)

Social

85.7% ±2.7% (30,950  ±1,154.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 84.3% 3,786,059 (±0.4% / ±19,227.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 84.4% 15,565,117 (±0.2% / ±37,477.2)
30.3% ±1.8% (10,953  ±682.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 33.6% 1,508,624 (±0.3% / ±12,137.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 30.7% 5,662,178 (±0.1% / ±23,301.1)

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

13.7% ±1.5% (6,891  ±759) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 23.3% 1,623,239 (±0.2% / ±13,513)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 16.8% 4,822,952 (±0.1% / ±26,828)

8.2% ±0.8% (3,435  ±346) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 5.1% 262,397 (±0.1% / ±4,689)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 6.8% 1,435,527 (±0.1% / ±11,744)
3,435 Total veterans ±346 3,158 Male ±332 277 Female ±130

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