Bacliff vs Hitchcock

A side-by-side comparison of Bacliff and Hitchcock: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bacliff has the higher population (9,935 vs 7,480 in Hitchcock). Hitchcock has the higher median household income ($77,713 vs $54,806 in Bacliff). Bacliff has the higher median home value ($168,000 vs $159,500 in Hitchcock).

Population, income & housing

	Bacliff	Hitchcock
Population	9,935	7,480
Median age	34.4 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$54,806	$77,713
Median home value	$168,000	$159,500
Median gross rent	$1,169	$1,370
Housing units	3,950	3,040
Homeownership rate	61.5%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bacliff	Hitchcock
Population	10,856 → 9,935 (-8.5%)	7,800 → 7,480 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$46,063 → $54,806 (+19.0%)	$57,829 → $77,713 (+34.4%)
Median home value	$128,100 → $168,000 (+31.1%)	$114,000 → $159,500 (+39.9%)
Median gross rent	$925 → $1,169 (+26.4%)	$870 → $1,370 (+57.5%)

Bacliff

Population

10,8569,935

Median household income

$46,063$54,806

Median home value

$128,100$168,000

Median gross rent

$925$1,169

Hitchcock

Population

7,8007,480

Median household income

$57,829$77,713

Median home value

$114,000$159,500

Median gross rent

$870$1,370

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bacliff	Hitchcock
Under 5	4.8%	7.9%
5 to 17	24.1%	18.5%
18 to 24	8.9%	10.9%
25 to 34	14.0%	10.1%
35 to 44	15.5%	12.8%
45 to 54	14.0%	13.3%
55 to 64	11.6%	11.5%
65 to 74	4.7%	10.7%
75 and over	2.4%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bacliff	Hitchcock
White (non-Hispanic)	43.1%	40.3%
Black or African American	7.5%	27.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.9%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	45.6%	26.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bacliff	Hitchcock
No high school diploma	21.9%	11.6%
High school graduate	23.1%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bacliff	Hitchcock
Drove alone	77.5%	86.6%
Carpooled	11.7%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	4.0%
Other means	1.5%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bacliff	Hitchcock
1-unit, detached	66.4%	76.3%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	3.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	22.8%	10.8%

Poverty & households

	Bacliff	Hitchcock
Poverty rate	28.0%	17.4%
Average household size	2.68	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1990	1983