Port Lavaca vs Seadrift

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

Port Lavaca and Seadrift 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 1,664 in Seadrift). Port Lavaca has the higher median household income ($65,395 vs $61,339 in Seadrift). Port Lavaca has the higher median home value ($121,000 vs $115,900 in Seadrift).

Population, income & housing

	Port Lavaca	Seadrift
Population	11,410	1,664
Median age	34.5 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$65,395	$61,339
Median home value	$121,000	$115,900
Median gross rent	$1,024	$1,357
Housing units	5,056	975
Homeownership rate	72.4%	65.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	2.4%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Port Lavaca	Seadrift
Population	12,147 → 11,410 (-6.1%)	1,181 → 1,664 (+40.9%)
Median household income	$57,748 → $65,395 (+13.2%)	$33,365 → $61,339 (+83.8%)
Median home value	$106,600 → $121,000 (+13.5%)	$88,600 → $115,900 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	$679 → $1,024 (+50.8%)	$703 → $1,357 (+93.0%)

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

Seadrift

Population

1,1811,664

Median household income

$33,365$61,339

Median home value

$88,600$115,900

Median gross rent

$703$1,357

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Port Lavaca	Seadrift
Under 5	6.9%	6.4%
5 to 17	18.3%	22.1%
18 to 24	8.1%	10.2%
25 to 34	17.5%	13.9%
35 to 44	9.5%	14.1%
45 to 54	8.9%	9.5%
55 to 64	13.1%	10.4%
65 to 74	8.4%	6.5%
75 and over	9.3%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Port Lavaca	Seadrift
White (non-Hispanic)	22.9%	45.0%
Black or African American	3.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	64.3%	53.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Port Lavaca	Seadrift
No high school diploma	22.9%	35.1%
High school graduate	36.8%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	0.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Port Lavaca	Seadrift
Drove alone	82.3%	82.5%
Carpooled	12.4%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	14.7%
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	Seadrift
1-unit, detached	71.4%	57.2%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	11.5%
20 or more units	5.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	29.2%

Poverty & households

	Port Lavaca	Seadrift
Poverty rate	11.4%	5.5%
Average household size	2.39	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	17	23
Median year structure built	1972	1980