Point Comfort vs Port Lavaca

A side-by-side comparison of Point Comfort and Port Lavaca: population, income, housing, and more.

Point Comfort and Port Lavaca are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Port Lavaca has the higher population (11,410 vs 498 in Point Comfort). Point Comfort has the higher median household income ($106,806 vs $65,395 in Port Lavaca). Port Lavaca has the higher median home value ($121,000 vs $116,300 in Point Comfort).

Population, income & housing

	Point Comfort	Port Lavaca
Population	498	11,410
Median age	37.2 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$106,806	$65,395
Median home value	$116,300	$121,000
Median gross rent	$1,125	$1,024
Housing units	242	5,056
Homeownership rate	61.7%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Point Comfort	Port Lavaca
Population	696 → 498 (-28.4%)	12,147 → 11,410 (-6.1%)
Median household income	$70,455 → $106,806 (+51.6%)	$57,748 → $65,395 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$87,900 → $116,300 (+32.3%)	$106,600 → $121,000 (+13.5%)
Median gross rent	$887 → $1,125 (+26.8%)	$679 → $1,024 (+50.8%)

Point Comfort

Population

696498

Median household income

$70,455$106,806

Median home value

$87,900$116,300

Median gross rent

$887$1,125

Port Lavaca

Population

12,14711,410

Median household income

$57,748$65,395

Median home value

$106,600$121,000

Median gross rent

$679$1,024

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Point Comfort	Port Lavaca
Under 5	9.2%	6.9%
5 to 17	14.3%	18.3%
18 to 24	3.4%	8.1%
25 to 34	17.5%	17.5%
35 to 44	12.9%	9.5%
45 to 54	7.4%	8.9%
55 to 64	11.2%	13.1%
65 to 74	13.3%	8.4%
75 and over	10.8%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Point Comfort	Port Lavaca
White (non-Hispanic)	41.6%	22.9%
Black or African American	6.0%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	9.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	48.0%	64.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Point Comfort	Port Lavaca
No high school diploma	6.0%	22.9%
High school graduate	33.8%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	47.0%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Point Comfort	Port Lavaca
Drove alone	79.2%	82.3%
Carpooled	8.1%	12.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.6%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Point Comfort	Port Lavaca
1-unit, detached	100.0%	71.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Point Comfort	Port Lavaca
Poverty rate	8.0%	11.4%
Average household size	2.50	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	28	17
Median year structure built	1959	1972