Beach City vs Cove

A side-by-side comparison of Beach City and Cove: population, income, housing, and more.

Beach City and Cove are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Beach City has the higher population (3,214 vs 393 in Cove). Beach City has the higher median household income ($146,227 vs $56,625 in Cove). Beach City has the higher median home value ($455,100 vs $358,100 in Cove).

Population, income & housing

	Beach City	Cove
Population	3,214	393
Median age	36.0 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$146,227	$56,625
Median home value	$455,100	$358,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,125
Housing units	1,307	191
Homeownership rate	95.8%	60.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.1%	8.9%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beach City	Cove
Population	2,664 → 3,214 (+20.6%)	412 → 393 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$119,821 → $146,227 (+22.0%)	$91,667 → $56,625 (-38.2%)
Median home value	$319,200 → $455,100 (+42.6%)	$244,700 → $358,100 (+46.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,010 → $1,205 (+19.3%)	$1,015 → $1,125 (+10.8%)

Beach City

Population

2,6643,214

Median household income

$119,821$146,227

Median home value

$319,200$455,100

Median gross rent

$1,010$1,205

Cove

Population

412393

Median household income

$91,667$56,625

Median home value

$244,700$358,100

Median gross rent

$1,015$1,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beach City	Cove
Under 5	3.0%	2.5%
5 to 17	16.7%	14.8%
18 to 24	10.9%	8.7%
25 to 34	19.4%	12.0%
35 to 44	13.0%	12.7%
45 to 54	9.5%	11.5%
55 to 64	13.1%	13.2%
65 to 74	10.0%	18.1%
75 and over	4.5%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beach City	Cove
White (non-Hispanic)	80.1%	76.8%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	4.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	14.0%	20.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beach City	Cove
No high school diploma	8.5%	10.3%
High school graduate	15.9%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	43.3%
Bachelor's degree	32.8%	5.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beach City	Cove
Drove alone	90.8%	91.3%
Carpooled	6.0%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beach City	Cove
1-unit, detached	94.1%	63.4%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	32.5%

Poverty & households

	Beach City	Cove
Poverty rate	1.6%	18.3%
Average household size	2.76	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	36	16
Median year structure built	1997	1989