Friendswood vs Galveston

A side-by-side comparison of Friendswood and Galveston: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Galveston has the higher population (53,348 vs 40,827 in Friendswood). Friendswood has the higher median household income ($125,052 vs $57,216 in Galveston). Friendswood has the higher median home value ($399,500 vs $294,300 in Galveston).

Population, income & housing

	Friendswood	Galveston
Population	40,827	53,348
Median age	39.7 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$125,052	$57,216
Median home value	$399,500	$294,300
Median gross rent	$1,698	$1,278
Housing units	14,985	34,921
Homeownership rate	76.9%	46.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.6%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Friendswood	Galveston
Population	39,688 → 40,827 (+2.9%)	50,241 → 53,348 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$111,478 → $125,052 (+12.2%)	$49,319 → $57,216 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$284,100 → $399,500 (+40.6%)	$182,800 → $294,300 (+61.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,389 → $1,698 (+22.2%)	$991 → $1,278 (+29.0%)

Friendswood

Population

39,68840,827

Median household income

$111,478$125,052

Median home value

$284,100$399,500

Median gross rent

$1,389$1,698

Galveston

Population

50,24153,348

Median household income

$49,319$57,216

Median home value

$182,800$294,300

Median gross rent

$991$1,278

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Friendswood	Galveston
Under 5	6.0%	4.5%
5 to 17	21.7%	11.3%
18 to 24	8.0%	12.2%
25 to 34	8.6%	15.9%
35 to 44	12.2%	10.6%
45 to 54	15.1%	10.8%
55 to 64	12.6%	14.5%
65 to 74	8.9%	12.7%
75 and over	6.8%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Friendswood	Galveston
White (non-Hispanic)	71.5%	50.5%
Black or African American	4.6%	14.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	4.9%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.6%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.3%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	15.1%	29.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Friendswood	Galveston
No high school diploma	4.8%	12.4%
High school graduate	15.3%	23.9%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	30.6%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	19.0%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Friendswood	Galveston
Drove alone	75.0%	69.4%
Carpooled	7.4%	8.6%
Public transit	0.6%	0.4%
Walked	0.7%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.0%
Worked from home	16.0%	11.3%
Other means	0.4%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Friendswood	Galveston
1-unit, detached	82.4%	56.9%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	14.4%
20 or more units	3.2%	15.1%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Friendswood	Galveston
Poverty rate	2.8%	19.9%
Average household size	2.85	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	29	21
Median year structure built	1990	1973