Galena Park vs Jacinto City

A side-by-side comparison of Galena Park and Jacinto City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Galena Park has the higher population (10,527 vs 9,458 in Jacinto City). Jacinto City has the higher median household income ($57,703 vs $54,167 in Galena Park). Jacinto City has the higher median home value ($121,100 vs $116,400 in Galena Park).

Population, income & housing

	Galena Park	Jacinto City
Population	10,527	9,458
Median age	32.4 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$54,167	$57,703
Median home value	$116,400	$121,100
Median gross rent	$1,108	$1,167
Housing units	3,292	3,487
Homeownership rate	70.1%	67.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.5%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	14.3%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Galena Park	Jacinto City
Population	10,983 → 10,527 (-4.2%)	10,667 → 9,458 (-11.3%)
Median household income	$48,533 → $54,167 (+11.6%)	$41,875 → $57,703 (+37.8%)
Median home value	$80,700 → $116,400 (+44.2%)	$79,500 → $121,100 (+52.3%)
Median gross rent	$968 → $1,108 (+14.5%)	$840 → $1,167 (+38.9%)

Galena Park

Population

10,98310,527

Median household income

$48,533$54,167

Median home value

$80,700$116,400

Median gross rent

$968$1,108

Jacinto City

Population

10,6679,458

Median household income

$41,875$57,703

Median home value

$79,500$121,100

Median gross rent

$840$1,167

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Galena Park	Jacinto City
Under 5	7.9%	7.8%
5 to 17	24.8%	19.9%
18 to 24	9.7%	7.7%
25 to 34	10.8%	9.9%
35 to 44	14.0%	13.2%
45 to 54	11.9%	14.1%
55 to 64	11.1%	13.5%
65 to 74	7.9%	7.2%
75 and over	1.9%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Galena Park	Jacinto City
White (non-Hispanic)	4.1%	7.5%
Black or African American	4.6%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	90.8%	87.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Galena Park	Jacinto City
No high school diploma	32.2%	45.6%
High school graduate	39.3%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Galena Park	Jacinto City
Drove alone	70.5%	78.8%
Carpooled	19.8%	16.2%
Public transit	1.8%	0.4%
Walked	1.8%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Galena Park	Jacinto City
1-unit, detached	86.5%	79.4%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.9%	11.7%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Galena Park	Jacinto City
Poverty rate	23.8%	19.0%
Average household size	3.40	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1956	1960