Point Comfort vs Port O'Connor

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

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

Port O'Connor has the higher population (698 vs 498 in Point Comfort). Point Comfort has the higher median household income ($106,806 vs $81,917 in Port O'Connor). Port O'Connor has the higher median home value ($248,800 vs $116,300 in Point Comfort).

Population, income & housing

	Point Comfort	Port O'Connor
Population	498	698
Median age	37.2 yrs	65.4 yrs
Median household income	$106,806	$81,917
Median home value	$116,300	$248,800
Median gross rent	$1,125	—
Housing units	242	1,145
Homeownership rate	61.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Point Comfort	Port O'Connor
Population	696 → 498 (-28.4%)	884 → 698 (-21.0%)
Median household income	$70,455 → $106,806 (+51.6%)	$62,955 → $81,917 (+30.1%)
Median home value	$87,900 → $116,300 (+32.3%)	$222,300 → $248,800 (+11.9%)
Median gross rent	$887 → $1,125 (+26.8%)	—

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 O'Connor

Population

884698

Median household income

$62,955$81,917

Median home value

$222,300$248,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Point Comfort	Port O'Connor
Under 5	9.2%	4.7%
5 to 17	14.3%	0.0%
18 to 24	3.4%	2.4%
25 to 34	17.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	12.9%	9.3%
45 to 54	7.4%	6.4%
55 to 64	11.2%	16.8%
65 to 74	13.3%	55.9%
75 and over	10.8%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Point Comfort	Port O'Connor
White (non-Hispanic)	41.6%	97.1%
Black or African American	6.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	48.0%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Point Comfort	Port O'Connor
No high school diploma	6.0%	2.9%
High school graduate	33.8%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	47.0%	60.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Point Comfort	Port O'Connor
Drove alone	79.2%	92.8%
Carpooled	8.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.6%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Point Comfort	Port O'Connor
1-unit, detached	100.0%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	23.4%

Poverty & households

	Point Comfort	Port O'Connor
Poverty rate	8.0%	0.3%
Average household size	2.50	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	28	22
Median year structure built	1959	1989