Texas City

Population & Demographics

Texas City, TX

Texas City is home to 55,364 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 23,644 resident workers commute each day.

TexasCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
55,364
people
Population

55,364 residents

Median age 36.6 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Texas City population & demographics

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

Population
55,364
Median age
36.6yrs
Median household income
$68,776
Median home value
$217,300
Median gross rent
$1,307/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
20.0%
Poverty rate
16.2%

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 Texas City

How Texas City 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).

White36.9%
Hispanic or Latino31.9%
Black26.0%
Two or more races3.6%
Asian1.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.0%
Some other race0.0%

Race across Texas City

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 Texas City.

Texas City at a glance
Employed Residents
23,644
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
14.9mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
16.1%
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 Texas City 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 Texas City 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

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

Texas City

23,644 commutes, one dot at a time

Texas City

Where 23,644 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

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

1Houston37.5 mi4,346
2Galveston10.6 mi4,329
3Texas City0.0 mi3,814
4League City11.7 mi1,337
5Webster14.9 mi620
6La Marque3.3 mi611
7Pasadena24.0 mi543
8Dickinson8.4 mi473

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Texas City.

1Texas City0.0 mi3,814
2League City11.7 mi1,894
3Houston37.5 mi1,555
4La Marque3.3 mi867
5Dickinson8.4 mi591
6Galveston10.6 mi566
7Santa Fe10.3 mi519
8Pearland25.7 mi398

Top industries

The sectors that employ Texas City’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%)
MFManufacturing19.4%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance11.4%
EDEducational Services11.0%
COConstruction10.5%
RTRetail Trade10.0%
AFAccommodation and Food Services9.2%
WSWholesale Trade4.5%
FIFinance and Insurance3.9%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services3.9%
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