Hitchcock vs San Leon

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

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

Hitchcock has the higher population (7,480 vs 5,764 in San Leon). Hitchcock has the higher median household income ($77,713 vs $76,573 in San Leon). San Leon has the higher median home value ($166,700 vs $159,500 in Hitchcock).

Population, income & housing

	Hitchcock	San Leon
Population	7,480	5,764
Median age	36.6 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$77,713	$76,573
Median home value	$159,500	$166,700
Median gross rent	$1,370	$1,152
Housing units	3,040	2,846
Homeownership rate	74.2%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	10.5%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hitchcock	San Leon
Population	7,800 → 7,480 (-4.1%)	5,336 → 5,764 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$57,829 → $77,713 (+34.4%)	$39,542 → $76,573 (+93.6%)
Median home value	$114,000 → $159,500 (+39.9%)	$130,300 → $166,700 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$870 → $1,370 (+57.5%)	$846 → $1,152 (+36.2%)

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

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)

	Hitchcock	San Leon
Under 5	7.9%	1.7%
5 to 17	18.5%	10.7%
18 to 24	10.9%	7.7%
25 to 34	10.1%	12.9%
35 to 44	12.8%	16.7%
45 to 54	13.3%	19.3%
55 to 64	11.5%	16.5%
65 to 74	10.7%	12.6%
75 and over	4.2%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hitchcock	San Leon
White (non-Hispanic)	40.3%	47.0%
Black or African American	27.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	26.4%	48.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hitchcock	San Leon
No high school diploma	11.6%	29.3%
High school graduate	32.3%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hitchcock	San Leon
Drove alone	86.6%	67.9%
Carpooled	7.1%	20.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	8.5%
Other means	1.7%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hitchcock	San Leon
1-unit, detached	76.3%	61.3%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.3%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	10.8%	37.1%

Poverty & households

	Hitchcock	San Leon
Poverty rate	17.4%	8.2%
Average household size	2.70	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	28	32
Median year structure built	1983	1996