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Galveston, TX

53,348 Population
41 square miles 1,300 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40 ±2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 35.3 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$39,883 ±$2,103 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: $41,559 ±$296
  • about the same as the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$57,216 ±$4,166 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: $80,458 ±$526
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

19.9% ±2.1% (9,918  ±1,060) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 13.6% 976,498 (±0.3% / ±21,223)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

20.9 minutes ±1.1 (447,705  ±32,128) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 29.9 90,172,520 (±0.2 / ±645,897)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

24,518 ±667 Number of households
  • the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 2,601,888 ±5,356
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
2 ±0.1 (49,694  ±68) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 2.8 7,190,964 (±0 / ±861)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

5.7% ±1.9% (706  ±239) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 5.7% 104,422 (±0.2% / ±3,508)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

34,921 ±569 Number of housing units
  • the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 2,839,496 ±419
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$294,300 ±$12,029 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: $275,200 ±$1,283
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

22.8% ±2.3% (12,013  ±1,228.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 13.8% 993,533 (±0.2% / ±16,228.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

87.6% ±2.8% (33,661  ±1,295.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 85.1% 4,013,863 (±0.4% / ±19,522.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
33.7% ±1.9% (12,945  ±,791.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 35.4% 1,668,638 (±0.3% / ±12,687.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 33.1% 6,381,971 (±0.1% / ±26,865.5)

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

12.8% ±1.3% (6,810  ±685) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 23.8% 1,731,737
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

7.1% ±0.9% (3,163  ±382) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 4.9% 263,986 (±0.1% / ±5,050)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
3,163 Total veterans ±382 2,748 Male ±365 415 Female ±164

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