Oyster Creek vs Surfside Beach

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

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

Oyster Creek has the higher population (1,097 vs 753 in Surfside Beach). Surfside Beach has the higher median household income ($96,250 vs $36,902 in Oyster Creek). Surfside Beach has the higher median home value ($310,700 vs $153,300 in Oyster Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Oyster Creek	Surfside Beach
Population	1,097	753
Median age	49.3 yrs	57.5 yrs
Median household income	$36,902	$96,250
Median home value	$153,300	$310,700
Median gross rent	$1,040	$1,292
Housing units	668	1,174
Homeownership rate	79.6%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.5%	39.2%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oyster Creek	Surfside Beach
Population	1,236 → 1,097 (-11.2%)	627 → 753 (+20.1%)
Median household income	$41,198 → $36,902 (-10.4%)	$54,934 → $96,250 (+75.2%)
Median home value	$69,500 → $153,300 (+120.6%)	$205,800 → $310,700 (+51.0%)
Median gross rent	$842 → $1,040 (+23.5%)	$1,135 → $1,292 (+13.8%)

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

Surfside Beach

Population

627753

Median household income

$54,934$96,250

Median home value

$205,800$310,700

Median gross rent

$1,135$1,292

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oyster Creek	Surfside Beach
Under 5	3.2%	0.8%
5 to 17	14.7%	7.6%
18 to 24	8.1%	5.2%
25 to 34	8.4%	9.2%
35 to 44	12.7%	5.4%
45 to 54	10.2%	16.7%
55 to 64	12.2%	26.3%
65 to 74	20.3%	21.4%
75 and over	10.2%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oyster Creek	Surfside Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	71.1%	82.2%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.1%
Two or more races	0.7%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	26.7%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oyster Creek	Surfside Beach
No high school diploma	21.8%	4.8%
High school graduate	37.2%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	1.5%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	20.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oyster Creek	Surfside Beach
Drove alone	70.2%	80.2%
Carpooled	16.4%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	10.7%
Other means	1.8%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oyster Creek	Surfside Beach
1-unit, detached	36.8%	93.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	60.8%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Oyster Creek	Surfside Beach
Poverty rate	21.1%	6.3%
Average household size	1.93	1.84
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1990	1980