Cameron Park vs Port Isabel

A side-by-side comparison of Cameron Park and Port Isabel: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cameron Park has the higher population (6,180 vs 5,098 in Port Isabel). Port Isabel has the higher median household income ($50,775 vs $37,140 in Cameron Park). Port Isabel has the higher median home value ($120,900 vs $75,500 in Cameron Park).

Population, income & housing

	Cameron Park	Port Isabel
Population	6,180	5,098
Median age	29.8 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$37,140	$50,775
Median home value	$75,500	$120,900
Median gross rent	$758	$843
Housing units	1,646	2,547
Homeownership rate	61.3%	68.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.1%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cameron Park	Port Isabel
Population	6,241 → 6,180 (-1.0%)	6,292 → 5,098 (-19.0%)
Median household income	$31,583 → $37,140 (+17.6%)	$32,598 → $50,775 (+55.8%)
Median home value	$66,300 → $75,500 (+13.9%)	$108,500 → $120,900 (+11.4%)
Median gross rent	$674 → $758 (+12.5%)	$724 → $843 (+16.4%)

Cameron Park

Population

6,2416,180

Median household income

$31,583$37,140

Median home value

$66,300$75,500

Median gross rent

$674$758

Port Isabel

Population

6,2925,098

Median household income

$32,598$50,775

Median home value

$108,500$120,900

Median gross rent

$724$843

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cameron Park	Port Isabel
Under 5	6.1%	4.9%
5 to 17	23.6%	19.6%
18 to 24	13.9%	9.1%
25 to 34	11.8%	12.8%
35 to 44	11.1%	13.0%
45 to 54	14.2%	9.9%
55 to 64	9.7%	12.5%
65 to 74	7.0%	11.7%
75 and over	2.8%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cameron Park	Port Isabel
White (non-Hispanic)	0.5%	14.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	1.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	96.8%	84.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cameron Park	Port Isabel
No high school diploma	57.4%	20.2%
High school graduate	22.1%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	14.4%	21.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cameron Park	Port Isabel
Drove alone	69.8%	80.7%
Carpooled	16.4%	14.4%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	1.5%
Other means	1.3%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cameron Park	Port Isabel
1-unit, detached	79.3%	43.1%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	14.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.5%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	24.7%

Poverty & households

	Cameron Park	Port Isabel
Poverty rate	40.6%	22.3%
Average household size	3.89	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	21	13
Median year structure built	1988	1983