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Port Arthur, TX

55,828 Population
75.6 square miles 738.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±1.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 37.7 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,496 ±$1,853 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: $34,041 ±$551
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$46,354 ±$3,945 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: $64,659 ±$1,430
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

29% ±2.9% (15,913  ±1,591) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 16.8% 63,944 (±0.8% / ±3,164)
  • more than double the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.4 minutes ±1 (464,075  ±30,355) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 23.4 3,689,685 (±0.4 / ±79,501)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

21,630 ±702 Number of households
  • the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 149,466 ±1,255
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (55,198  ±49) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 2.5 380,293 (±0 / ±248)
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.7% ±1.5% (590  ±184) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 6.1% † 5,298 (±0.8% / ±718)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

25,631 ±650 Number of housing units
  • the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 172,921 ±140
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$107,400 ±$7,624 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: $173,600 ±$3,315
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.4% ±1.4% (4,036  ±769.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 11.6% 45,391 (±0.7% / ±2,793.5)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

78.6% ±3.2% (27,717  ±1,343.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 87.3% 231,885 (±1.4% / ±3,797.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12.8% ±1.6% (4,502  ±567.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 19.5% 51,749 (±0.7% / ±1,834.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

20.3% ±1.5% (11,337  ±835) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 8.8% 34,833
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.9% ±0.7% (1,958  ±303) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 6.8% 20,160 (±0.4% / ±1,110)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,958 Total veterans ±303 1,771 Male ±287 187 Female ±87

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