Port Lavaca vs Port O'Connor

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

Port Lavaca 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 Lavaca has the higher population (11,410 vs 698 in Port O'Connor). Port O'Connor has the higher median household income ($81,917 vs $65,395 in Port Lavaca). Port O'Connor has the higher median home value ($248,800 vs $121,000 in Port Lavaca).

Population, income & housing

	Port Lavaca	Port O'Connor
Population	11,410	698
Median age	34.5 yrs	65.4 yrs
Median household income	$65,395	$81,917
Median home value	$121,000	$248,800
Median gross rent	$1,024	—
Housing units	5,056	1,145
Homeownership rate	72.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Port Lavaca	Port O'Connor
Population	12,147 → 11,410 (-6.1%)	884 → 698 (-21.0%)
Median household income	$57,748 → $65,395 (+13.2%)	$62,955 → $81,917 (+30.1%)
Median home value	$106,600 → $121,000 (+13.5%)	$222,300 → $248,800 (+11.9%)
Median gross rent	$679 → $1,024 (+50.8%)	—

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

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)

	Port Lavaca	Port O'Connor
Under 5	6.9%	4.7%
5 to 17	18.3%	0.0%
18 to 24	8.1%	2.4%
25 to 34	17.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	9.5%	9.3%
45 to 54	8.9%	6.4%
55 to 64	13.1%	16.8%
65 to 74	8.4%	55.9%
75 and over	9.3%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Port Lavaca	Port O'Connor
White (non-Hispanic)	22.9%	97.1%
Black or African American	3.1%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	64.3%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Port Lavaca	Port O'Connor
No high school diploma	22.9%	2.9%
High school graduate	36.8%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	60.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Port Lavaca	Port O'Connor
Drove alone	82.3%	92.8%
Carpooled	12.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Port Lavaca	Port O'Connor
1-unit, detached	71.4%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	2.9%
20 or more units	5.7%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	23.4%

Poverty & households

	Port Lavaca	Port O'Connor
Poverty rate	11.4%	0.3%
Average household size	2.39	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	17	22
Median year structure built	1972	1989