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Silsbee, TX

6,883 Population
7.7 square miles 895.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.6 ±5.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 37.6 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$27,894 ±$3,107 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent 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
$60,083 ±$5,784 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: $65,245 ±$1,470
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

17.1% ±8.3% (1,128  ±545) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 16.5% 62,376 (±0.9% / ±3,457)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

29.8 minutes ±5.1 (74,915  ±15,114) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 23.3 3,681,195 (±0.5 / ±88,955)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

2,705 ±179 Number of households
  • the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 147,243 ±1,364
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
2.4 ±0.2 (6,565  ±20) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 2.6 379,801 (±0 / ±217)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

12.2% ±9.1% (184  ±141) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 5.6% † 4,844 (±0.7% / ±614)
  • more than double the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

3,290 ±292 Number of housing units
  • the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 171,718 ±135
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$160,600 ±$36,295 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: $164,300 ±$4,260
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

11.9% ±4.2% (802  ±283) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 12% 46,998 (±0.7% / ±2,824.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

89.7% ±9.2% (4,053  ±495.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 86.9% 230,153 (±1.3% / ±3,564.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
17.5% ±5.3% (788  ±245) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 19.3% 51,071 (±0.7% / ±1,825)
  • about half 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

3.2% ±1.9% (222  ±131) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 8.8% 34,873
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

9.2% ±3.6% (467  ±184) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area: 6.8% 20,199 (±0.4% / ±1,254)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
467 Total veterans ±184 439 Male ±179 28 Female ±34

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