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Galveston, TX

50,241 Population
41.1 square miles 1,221.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.9 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 34.3 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 34.6 ±0.1

Economics

$30,406 ±$1,182 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: $34,400 ±$201
  • a little less than the amount in Texas: $31,277 ±$113
$49,319 ±$2,692 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: $67,516 ±$443
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $61,874 ±$208

19.9% ±1.6% (9,295  ±765) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 13.7% 929,512 (±0.2% / ±16,178)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 14.7% 4,072,194 (±0.1% / ±34,216)

20.2 minutes ±1 (434,165  ±24,545) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 30.2 93,470,590 (±0.1 / ±454,825)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Texas: 26.6 331,801,795 (±0.1 / ±983,868)

Families

20,756 ±500 Number of households
  • the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 2,352,275 ±6,224
  • Texas: 9,691,647 ±18,858
2.2 ±0.1 (46,568  ±230) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 2.9 6,803,609 (±0 / ±3,567)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.9 27,661,312 (±0)

5.7% ±1.5% (668  ±172) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 5.8% 101,689 (±0.1% / ±2,431)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 5.7% 398,679 (±0.1% / ±4,907)

Housing

31,500 ±677 Number of housing units
  • the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 2,596,734 ±1,270
  • Texas: 10,937,026 ±905

$182,800 ±$7,022 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: $193,900 ±$821
  • a little higher than the amount in Texas: $172,500 ±$355

23.9% ±1.9% (11,881  ±947) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 15.2% 1,031,025 (±0.2% / ±14,726)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 15.6% 4,358,441 (±0.1% / ±28,790.1)

Social

84.5% ±2.4% (29,786  ±986.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 83.7% 3,696,142 (±0.4% / ±16,276.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 83.7% 15,173,595 (±0.2% / ±35,698.2)
29.2% ±1.5% (10,292  ±566.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 32.8% 1,449,898 (±0.2% / ±9,974.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 29.9% 5,420,676 (±0.1% / ±20,956.8)

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

13.6% ±1.4% (6,822  ±681) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 23.4% 1,613,984 (±0.2% / ±11,927)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 17% 4,814,638 (±0.1% / ±22,758)

8.2% ±0.7% (3,390  ±287) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 5.3% 267,271 (±0.1% / ±4,178)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 7% 1,453,450 (±0.1% / ±10,182)
3,390 Total veterans ±287 3,131 Male ±286 259 Female ±81

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