Galveston vs Texas City

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

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

Texas City has the higher population (54,159 vs 53,348 in Galveston). Texas City has the higher median household income ($65,447 vs $57,216 in Galveston). Galveston has the higher median home value ($294,300 vs $190,600 in Texas City).

Population, income & housing

	Galveston	Texas City
Population	53,348	54,159
Median age	40.0 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$57,216	$65,447
Median home value	$294,300	$190,600
Median gross rent	$1,278	$1,200
Housing units	34,921	23,248
Homeownership rate	46.7%	53.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.7%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Galveston	Texas City
Population	50,241 → 53,348 (+6.2%)	48,569 → 54,159 (+11.5%)
Median household income	$49,319 → $57,216 (+16.0%)	$48,839 → $65,447 (+34.0%)
Median home value	$182,800 → $294,300 (+61.0%)	$124,200 → $190,600 (+53.5%)
Median gross rent	$991 → $1,278 (+29.0%)	$970 → $1,200 (+23.7%)

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

Texas City

Population

48,56954,159

Median household income

$48,839$65,447

Median home value

$124,200$190,600

Median gross rent

$970$1,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Galveston	Texas City
Under 5	4.5%	6.5%
5 to 17	11.3%	17.8%
18 to 24	12.2%	9.2%
25 to 34	15.9%	16.5%
35 to 44	10.6%	11.7%
45 to 54	10.8%	10.5%
55 to 64	14.5%	12.1%
65 to 74	12.7%	10.0%
75 and over	7.5%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Galveston	Texas City
White (non-Hispanic)	50.5%	36.7%
Black or African American	14.5%	26.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	29.7%	31.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Galveston	Texas City
No high school diploma	12.4%	13.6%
High school graduate	23.9%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Galveston	Texas City
Drove alone	69.4%	83.8%
Carpooled	8.6%	8.8%
Public transit	0.4%	0.7%
Walked	5.8%	1.9%
Bicycle	2.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	11.3%	4.0%
Other means	2.5%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Galveston	Texas City
1-unit, detached	56.9%	66.9%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	14.4%	14.7%
20 or more units	15.1%	10.8%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Galveston	Texas City
Poverty rate	19.9%	16.5%
Average household size	2.03	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1973	1981