Baytown vs Spring

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

Baytown and Spring 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 67,103 in Spring). Spring has the higher median household income ($86,888 vs $61,699 in Baytown). Spring has the higher median home value ($221,300 vs $187,900 in Baytown).

Population, income & housing

	Baytown	Spring
Population	84,538	67,103
Median age	33.9 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$61,699	$86,888
Median home value	$187,900	$221,300
Median gross rent	$1,217	$1,656
Housing units	33,865	22,974
Homeownership rate	53.1%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baytown	Spring
Population	76,635 → 84,538 (+10.3%)	60,976 → 67,103 (+10.0%)
Median household income	$57,270 → $61,699 (+7.7%)	$71,376 → $86,888 (+21.7%)
Median home value	$119,900 → $187,900 (+56.7%)	$155,600 → $221,300 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$945 → $1,217 (+28.8%)	$1,399 → $1,656 (+18.4%)

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

Spring

Population

60,97667,103

Median household income

$71,376$86,888

Median home value

$155,600$221,300

Median gross rent

$1,399$1,656

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baytown	Spring
Under 5	7.4%	7.5%
5 to 17	20.3%	19.4%
18 to 24	8.5%	8.1%
25 to 34	15.6%	17.1%
35 to 44	13.0%	15.8%
45 to 54	13.7%	10.9%
55 to 64	9.9%	11.9%
65 to 74	7.1%	6.3%
75 and over	4.4%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baytown	Spring
White (non-Hispanic)	28.8%	30.2%
Black or African American	15.2%	22.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	1.1%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	50.8%	40.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baytown	Spring
No high school diploma	21.3%	12.0%
High school graduate	31.6%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baytown	Spring
Drove alone	81.9%	80.8%
Carpooled	9.6%	6.5%
Public transit	0.6%	1.1%
Walked	0.9%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	9.2%
Other means	2.1%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baytown	Spring
1-unit, detached	59.0%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	17.3%	3.3%
20 or more units	9.7%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Baytown	Spring
Poverty rate	17.7%	8.1%
Average household size	2.70	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	25	32
Median year structure built	1981	1991