Lamar vs Rockport

A side-by-side comparison of Lamar and Rockport: population, income, housing, and more.

Lamar and Rockport are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rockport has the higher population (10,449 vs 1,282 in Lamar). Lamar has the higher median household income ($83,117 vs $63,303 in Rockport). Lamar has the higher median home value ($323,700 vs $288,600 in Rockport).

Population, income & housing

	Lamar	Rockport
Population	1,282	10,449
Median age	60.3 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$83,117	$63,303
Median home value	$323,700	$288,600
Median gross rent	—	$1,306
Housing units	832	6,816
Homeownership rate	91.7%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.9%	37.4%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lamar	Rockport
Population	1,154 → 1,282 (+11.1%)	10,841 → 10,449 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$34,888 → $83,117 (+138.2%)	$58,871 → $63,303 (+7.5%)
Median home value	$266,700 → $323,700 (+21.4%)	$175,800 → $288,600 (+64.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,067 → $1,306 (+22.4%)

Lamar

Population

1,1541,282

Median household income

$34,888$83,117

Median home value

$266,700$323,700

Rockport

Population

10,84110,449

Median household income

$58,871$63,303

Median home value

$175,800$288,600

Median gross rent

$1,067$1,306

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lamar	Rockport
Under 5	0.0%	5.0%
5 to 17	8.9%	8.5%
18 to 24	2.4%	5.9%
25 to 34	12.6%	17.6%
35 to 44	5.0%	8.8%
45 to 54	19.2%	9.5%
55 to 64	15.7%	15.8%
65 to 74	18.5%	17.0%
75 and over	17.7%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lamar	Rockport
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	72.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.7%	0.5%
Asian	0.7%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	22.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lamar	Rockport
No high school diploma	0.8%	6.1%
High school graduate	21.6%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	33.1%	25.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lamar	Rockport
Drove alone	58.3%	70.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.6%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	36.7%	20.1%
Other means	2.3%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lamar	Rockport
1-unit, detached	79.2%	64.4%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	12.3%	9.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	7.5%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Lamar	Rockport
Poverty rate	2.4%	15.6%
Average household size	1.79	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	52	22
Median year structure built	1992	1989