Oyster Creek vs Rosharon

A side-by-side comparison of Oyster Creek and Rosharon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rosharon has the higher population (1,596 vs 1,097 in Oyster Creek). Rosharon has the higher median household income ($77,443 vs $36,902 in Oyster Creek). Rosharon has the higher median home value ($216,600 vs $153,300 in Oyster Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Oyster Creek	Rosharon
Population	1,097	1,596
Median age	49.3 yrs	50.6 yrs
Median household income	$36,902	$77,443
Median home value	$153,300	$216,600
Median gross rent	$1,040	—
Housing units	668	701
Homeownership rate	79.6%	64.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.5%	8.6%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	36.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oyster Creek	Rosharon
Population	1,236 → 1,097 (-11.2%)	1,115 → 1,596 (+43.1%)
Median household income	$41,198 → $36,902 (-10.4%)	$66,625 → $77,443 (+16.2%)
Median home value	$69,500 → $153,300 (+120.6%)	$79,100 → $216,600 (+173.8%)
Median gross rent	$842 → $1,040 (+23.5%)	$895 → $904 (+1.0%)

Oyster Creek

Population

1,2361,097

Median household income

$41,198$36,902

Median home value

$69,500$153,300

Median gross rent

$842$1,040

Rosharon

Population

1,1151,596

Median household income

$66,625$77,443

Median home value

$79,100$216,600

Median gross rent

$895$904

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oyster Creek	Rosharon
Under 5	3.2%	1.5%
5 to 17	14.7%	14.9%
18 to 24	8.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.4%	11.5%
35 to 44	12.7%	13.7%
45 to 54	10.2%	21.9%
55 to 64	12.2%	25.6%
65 to 74	20.3%	1.3%
75 and over	10.2%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oyster Creek	Rosharon
White (non-Hispanic)	71.1%	12.3%
Black or African American	0.6%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	5.6%
Asian	0.6%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	26.7%	74.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oyster Creek	Rosharon
No high school diploma	21.8%	38.5%
High school graduate	37.2%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	15.1%
Bachelor's degree	1.5%	5.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oyster Creek	Rosharon
Drove alone	70.2%	86.8%
Carpooled	16.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	13.2%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oyster Creek	Rosharon
1-unit, detached	36.8%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	60.8%	25.7%

Poverty & households

	Oyster Creek	Rosharon
Poverty rate	21.1%	12.3%
Average household size	1.93	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	19	28
Median year structure built	1990	2004