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Silsbee, TX

6,842 Population
7.7 square miles 890.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.3 ±4.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 37.7 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1

Economics

$27,909 ±$3,096 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
$59,907 ±$11,093 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: $64,659 ±$1,430
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263

20% ±8% (1,309  ±524) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 16.8% 63,944 (±0.8% / ±3,164)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)

33.4 minutes ±8 (77,405  ±20,724) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 23.4 3,689,685 (±0.4 / ±79,501)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)

Families

2,610 ±200 Number of households
  • the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 149,466 ±1,255
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
2.5 ±0.2 (6,519  ±29) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 2.5 380,293 (±0 / ±248)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696

5.9% ±6.5% (87  ±97) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 6.1% † 5,298 (±0.8% / ±718)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)

Housing

3,284 ±302 Number of housing units
  • the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 172,921 ±140
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574

$148,400 ±$50,930 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: $173,600 ±$3,315
  • about half the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738

16.5% ±5.2% (1,119  ±355.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 11.6% 45,391 (±0.7% / ±2,793.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)

Social

90.1% ±9.4% (3,957  ±493.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 87.3% 231,885 (±1.4% / ±3,797.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
18.4% ±5.2% (810  ±234.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 19.5% 51,749 (±0.7% / ±1,834.7)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)

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

2.7% ±1.3% (185  ±86) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 8.8% 34,833
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466

7.1% ±2.5% (360  ±129) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 6.8% 20,160 (±0.4% / ±1,110)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
360 Total veterans ±129 291 Male ±108 69 Female ±77

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