Jamaica Beach vs Tiki Island

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

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

Tiki Island has the higher population (1,209 vs 991 in Jamaica Beach). Tiki Island has the higher median household income ($124,000 vs $88,077 in Jamaica Beach). Tiki Island has the higher median home value ($618,800 vs $313,600 in Jamaica Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Jamaica Beach	Tiki Island
Population	991	1,209
Median age	61.6 yrs	57.8 yrs
Median household income	$88,077	$124,000
Median home value	$313,600	$618,800
Median gross rent	$1,732	$2,202
Housing units	1,424	1,166
Homeownership rate	93.6%	93.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.8%	50.1%
Unemployment rate	16.5%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jamaica Beach	Tiki Island
Population	1,117 → 991 (-11.3%)	1,051 → 1,209 (+15.0%)
Median household income	$71,827 → $88,077 (+22.6%)	$129,583 → $124,000 (-4.3%)
Median home value	$226,100 → $313,600 (+38.7%)	$478,300 → $618,800 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,231 → $1,732 (+40.7%)	$1,444 → $2,202 (+52.5%)

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

Tiki Island

Population

1,0511,209

Median household income

$129,583$124,000

Median home value

$478,300$618,800

Median gross rent

$1,444$2,202

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jamaica Beach	Tiki Island
Under 5	1.3%	2.0%
5 to 17	4.0%	5.0%
18 to 24	1.3%	2.3%
25 to 34	7.7%	5.5%
35 to 44	9.0%	9.3%
45 to 54	8.9%	16.9%
55 to 64	30.7%	33.5%
65 to 74	31.9%	19.9%
75 and over	5.2%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jamaica Beach	Tiki Island
White (non-Hispanic)	71.5%	82.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.3%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	12.9%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jamaica Beach	Tiki Island
No high school diploma	1.7%	1.9%
High school graduate	9.6%	19.8%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	32.1%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	23.7%	24.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jamaica Beach	Tiki Island
Drove alone	62.1%	65.6%
Carpooled	5.3%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	32.6%	30.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jamaica Beach	Tiki Island
1-unit, detached	99.4%	96.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Jamaica Beach	Tiki Island
Poverty rate	6.2%	3.5%
Average household size	1.61	1.82
Mean commute (minutes)	28	36
Median year structure built	1981	1993