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Port Arthur, TX

55,779 Population
75.6 square miles 738.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.4 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 37.6 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$25,593 ±$1,790 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: $33,540 ±$649
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$45,752 ±$5,103 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: $65,245 ±$1,470
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

29.1% ±3% (15,962  ±1,659) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 16.5% 62,376 (±0.9% / ±3,457)
  • more than double the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

23.4 minutes ±1.1 (448,000  ±33,781) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 23.3 3,681,195 (±0.5 / ±88,955)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

21,097 ±716 Number of households
  • the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 147,243 ±1,364
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
2.6 ±0.1 (55,139  ±73) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 2.6 379,801 (±0 / ±217)
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

3.6% ±1.4% (455  ±174) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 5.6% † 4,844 (±0.7% / ±614)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

25,417 ±579 Number of housing units
  • the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 171,718 ±135
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$96,900 ±$5,308 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: $164,300 ±$4,260
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

9.5% ±1.7% (5,202  ±906.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 12% 46,998 (±0.7% / ±2,824.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

77.2% ±3.1% (26,807  ±1,301.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 86.9% 230,153 (±1.3% / ±3,564.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
11.2% ±1.4% (3,879  ±479.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 19.3% 51,071 (±0.7% / ±1,825)
  • about one-third of 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

20.6% ±1.6% (11,500  ±864) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 8.8% 34,873
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

4.5% ±0.7% (1,804  ±270) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 6.8% 20,199 (±0.4% / ±1,254)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
1,804 Total veterans ±270 1,692 Male ±263 112 Female ±75

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