Bacliff vs San Leon

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

Bacliff and San Leon 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 5,764 in San Leon). San Leon has the higher median household income ($76,573 vs $54,806 in Bacliff). Bacliff has the higher median home value ($168,000 vs $166,700 in San Leon).

Population, income & housing

	Bacliff	San Leon
Population	9,935	5,764
Median age	34.4 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$54,806	$76,573
Median home value	$168,000	$166,700
Median gross rent	$1,169	$1,152
Housing units	3,950	2,846
Homeownership rate	61.5%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	10.5%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bacliff	San Leon
Population	10,856 → 9,935 (-8.5%)	5,336 → 5,764 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$46,063 → $54,806 (+19.0%)	$39,542 → $76,573 (+93.6%)
Median home value	$128,100 → $168,000 (+31.1%)	$130,300 → $166,700 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$925 → $1,169 (+26.4%)	$846 → $1,152 (+36.2%)

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

San Leon

Population

5,3365,764

Median household income

$39,542$76,573

Median home value

$130,300$166,700

Median gross rent

$846$1,152

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bacliff	San Leon
Under 5	4.8%	1.7%
5 to 17	24.1%	10.7%
18 to 24	8.9%	7.7%
25 to 34	14.0%	12.9%
35 to 44	15.5%	16.7%
45 to 54	14.0%	19.3%
55 to 64	11.6%	16.5%
65 to 74	4.7%	12.6%
75 and over	2.4%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bacliff	San Leon
White (non-Hispanic)	43.1%	47.0%
Black or African American	7.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	45.6%	48.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bacliff	San Leon
No high school diploma	21.9%	29.3%
High school graduate	23.1%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bacliff	San Leon
Drove alone	77.5%	67.9%
Carpooled	11.7%	20.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	8.5%
Other means	1.5%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bacliff	San Leon
1-unit, detached	66.4%	61.3%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	22.8%	37.1%

Poverty & households

	Bacliff	San Leon
Poverty rate	28.0%	8.2%
Average household size	2.68	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	29	32
Median year structure built	1990	1996