Baytown

Population & Demographics

Baytown, TX

Baytown is home to 85,205 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 36,236 resident workers commute each day.

TexasCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
85,205
people
Population

85,205 residents

Median age 34.0 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Baytown population & demographics

Who lives in Baytown — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
85,205
Median age
34.0yrs
Median household income
$59,910
Median home value
$197,300
Median gross rent
$1,307/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
14.8%
Poverty rate
18.2%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Baytown

How Baytown breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

Hispanic or Latino51.7%
White27.5%
Black15.0%
Two or more races3.1%
Asian2.2%
Some other race0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%

Race across Baytown

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Baytown.

Baytown at a glance
Employed Residents
36,236
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
25.6mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
17.9%
Share working within the area
Work from home
5.8%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Houston
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Baytown proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Baytown commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

56 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Baytown

36,236 commutes, one dot at a time

Baytown

Where 36,236 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Baytown, by worker count.

1Houston25.6 mi10,005
2Baytown0.0 mi6,476
3Pasadena13.4 mi1,901
4Deer Park9.9 mi1,307
5La Porte7.6 mi1,159
6Mont Belvieu9.6 mi708
7League City18.8 mi525
8Channelview10.2 mi515

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Baytown.

1Baytown0.0 mi6,476
2Houston25.6 mi4,091
3Pasadena13.4 mi1,031
4League City18.8 mi742
5La Porte7.6 mi615
6Mont Belvieu9.6 mi595
7Atascocita20.7 mi489
8Channelview10.2 mi471

Top industries

The sectors that employ Baytown’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
EDEducational Services15.2%
RTRetail Trade14.2%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance14.1%
MFManufacturing12.1%
AFAccommodation and Food Services10.5%
COConstruction7.2%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services5.5%
MNMining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction3.6%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)2.8%
Connectivity

Internet options for Baytown

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

10 providers · 5 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps57%
8 Gbps6%
See all internet providers in Baytown

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).