Baytown vs Channelview

A side-by-side comparison of Baytown and Channelview: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Baytown has the higher population (84,538 vs 43,536 in Channelview). Channelview has the higher median household income ($65,775 vs $61,699 in Baytown). Baytown has the higher median home value ($187,900 vs $186,300 in Channelview).

Population, income & housing

	Baytown	Channelview
Population	84,538	43,536
Median age	33.9 yrs	31.2 yrs
Median household income	$61,699	$65,775
Median home value	$187,900	$186,300
Median gross rent	$1,217	$1,202
Housing units	33,865	13,680
Homeownership rate	53.1%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baytown	Channelview
Population	76,635 → 84,538 (+10.3%)	43,055 → 43,536 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$57,270 → $61,699 (+7.7%)	$63,581 → $65,775 (+3.5%)
Median home value	$119,900 → $187,900 (+56.7%)	$124,900 → $186,300 (+49.2%)
Median gross rent	$945 → $1,217 (+28.8%)	$977 → $1,202 (+23.0%)

Baytown

Population

76,63584,538

Median household income

$57,270$61,699

Median home value

$119,900$187,900

Median gross rent

$945$1,217

Channelview

Population

43,05543,536

Median household income

$63,581$65,775

Median home value

$124,900$186,300

Median gross rent

$977$1,202

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baytown	Channelview
Under 5	7.4%	6.8%
5 to 17	20.3%	25.9%
18 to 24	8.5%	10.8%
25 to 34	15.6%	9.9%
35 to 44	13.0%	13.8%
45 to 54	13.7%	14.7%
55 to 64	9.9%	8.7%
65 to 74	7.1%	5.9%
75 and over	4.4%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baytown	Channelview
White (non-Hispanic)	28.8%	13.0%
Black or African American	15.2%	10.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.3%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	50.8%	71.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baytown	Channelview
No high school diploma	21.3%	29.0%
High school graduate	31.6%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baytown	Channelview
Drove alone	81.9%	81.6%
Carpooled	9.6%	10.0%
Public transit	0.6%	0.2%
Walked	0.9%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	4.9%	5.3%
Other means	2.1%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baytown	Channelview
1-unit, detached	59.0%	68.7%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	17.3%	4.9%
20 or more units	9.7%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	22.4%

Poverty & households

	Baytown	Channelview
Poverty rate	17.7%	19.8%
Average household size	2.70	3.47
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1981	1988