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Port Arthur, TX

55,897 Population
75.6 square miles 739.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.7 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 37.3 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 35.2 ±0.1

Economics

$24,065 ±$1,627 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: $32,158 ±$636
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $37,514 ±$130
$45,357 ±$3,913 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: $62,427 ±$1,494
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $73,035 ±$227

26.7% ±2.3% (14,665  ±1,237) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 16.1% 60,999 (±0.9% / ±3,289)
  • nearly double the rate in Texas: 13.9% 3,990,326 (±0.1% / ±37,547)

23 minutes ±1 (451,350  ±28,761) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 22.7 3,615,255 (±0.4 / ±86,787)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.6 325,400,930 (±0.1 / ±1,041,657)

Families

20,364 ±650 Number of households
  • the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 145,312 ±1,203
  • Texas: 10,490,553 ±15,608
2.7 ±0.1 (55,197  ±53) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 2.6 379,565 (±0 / ±206)
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 2.7 28,634,506

4.1% ±1.3% (538  ±174) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 5.5% † 4,811 (±0.8% / ±686)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 5.7% 406,661 (±0.1% / ±6,428)

Housing

24,981 ±593 Number of housing units
  • the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 170,491 ±122
  • Texas: 11,654,971 ±1,030

$91,500 ±$4,156 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: $154,700 ±$3,252
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Texas: $238,000 ±$621

8.8% ±1.5% (4,832  ±,809.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 12.4% 48,253 (±0.8% / ±2,943.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 14.7% 4,235,358 (±0.1% / ±32,193.8)

Social

77.1% ±3.2% (26,716  ±1,253.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 86.3% 228,750 (±1.3% / ±3,552.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 85.2% 16,118,614 (±0.2% / ±40,407)
11.4% ±1.4% (3,955  ±,488.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 19.1% 50,647 (±0.7% / ±1,748.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in Texas: 32.3% 6,101,787 (±0.1% / ±24,416.5)

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

20.5% ±2% (11,463  ±1,094) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 8.7% 34,616
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 17.1% 4,987,855

4.8% ±0.7% (1,941  ±268) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 7% 20,981 (±0.4% / ±1,191)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 6.5% 1,416,973 (±0.1% / ±11,246)
1,941 Total veterans ±268 1,845 Male ±265 96 Female ±62

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