Bayou Vista vs Jamaica Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Bayou Vista and Jamaica Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bayou Vista has the higher population (1,916 vs 991 in Jamaica Beach). Bayou Vista has the higher median household income ($114,063 vs $88,077 in Jamaica Beach). Bayou Vista has the higher median home value ($364,400 vs $313,600 in Jamaica Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Bayou Vista	Jamaica Beach
Population	1,916	991
Median age	58.6 yrs	61.6 yrs
Median household income	$114,063	$88,077
Median home value	$364,400	$313,600
Median gross rent	$2,250	$1,732
Housing units	1,242	1,424
Homeownership rate	86.3%	93.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.2%	55.8%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	16.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bayou Vista	Jamaica Beach
Population	1,738 → 1,916 (+10.2%)	1,117 → 991 (-11.3%)
Median household income	$96,635 → $114,063 (+18.0%)	$71,827 → $88,077 (+22.6%)
Median home value	$273,300 → $364,400 (+33.3%)	$226,100 → $313,600 (+38.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,882 → $2,250 (+19.6%)	$1,231 → $1,732 (+40.7%)

Bayou Vista

Population

1,7381,916

Median household income

$96,635$114,063

Median home value

$273,300$364,400

Median gross rent

$1,882$2,250

Jamaica Beach

Population

1,117991

Median household income

$71,827$88,077

Median home value

$226,100$313,600

Median gross rent

$1,231$1,732

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bayou Vista	Jamaica Beach
Under 5	2.5%	1.3%
5 to 17	5.3%	4.0%
18 to 24	3.9%	1.3%
25 to 34	5.3%	7.7%
35 to 44	3.0%	9.0%
45 to 54	22.2%	8.9%
55 to 64	28.8%	30.7%
65 to 74	20.6%	31.9%
75 and over	8.6%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bayou Vista	Jamaica Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	83.2%	71.5%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	7.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	4.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	12.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bayou Vista	Jamaica Beach
No high school diploma	4.7%	1.7%
High school graduate	25.6%	9.6%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	32.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	23.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bayou Vista	Jamaica Beach
Drove alone	75.2%	62.1%
Carpooled	2.9%	5.3%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	5.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	32.6%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bayou Vista	Jamaica Beach
1-unit, detached	97.3%	99.4%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Bayou Vista	Jamaica Beach
Poverty rate	5.3%	6.2%
Average household size	1.92	1.61
Mean commute (minutes)	33	28
Median year structure built	1979	1981