Seabrook vs Tomball

A side-by-side comparison of Seabrook and Tomball: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Seabrook has the higher population (13,617 vs 13,032 in Tomball). Seabrook has the higher median household income ($109,489 vs $71,426 in Tomball). Seabrook has the higher median home value ($332,000 vs $306,400 in Tomball).

Population, income & housing

	Seabrook	Tomball
Population	13,617	13,032
Median age	39.6 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$109,489	$71,426
Median home value	$332,000	$306,400
Median gross rent	$1,445	$1,206
Housing units	6,138	5,495
Homeownership rate	64.1%	48.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.8%	32.1%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Seabrook	Tomball
Population	13,927 → 13,617 (-2.2%)	11,689 → 13,032 (+11.5%)
Median household income	$89,817 → $109,489 (+21.9%)	$59,164 → $71,426 (+20.7%)
Median home value	$250,200 → $332,000 (+32.7%)	$211,700 → $306,400 (+44.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,161 → $1,445 (+24.5%)	$1,072 → $1,206 (+12.5%)

Seabrook

Population

13,92713,617

Median household income

$89,817$109,489

Median home value

$250,200$332,000

Median gross rent

$1,161$1,445

Tomball

Population

11,68913,032

Median household income

$59,164$71,426

Median home value

$211,700$306,400

Median gross rent

$1,072$1,206

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Seabrook	Tomball
Under 5	5.0%	7.6%
5 to 17	16.9%	14.0%
18 to 24	8.4%	9.7%
25 to 34	14.1%	13.0%
35 to 44	13.0%	12.5%
45 to 54	14.0%	9.4%
55 to 64	14.1%	12.2%
65 to 74	10.2%	11.4%
75 and over	4.2%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Seabrook	Tomball
White (non-Hispanic)	71.4%	63.6%
Black or African American	2.8%	9.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	5.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	17.8%	23.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Seabrook	Tomball
No high school diploma	10.9%	11.3%
High school graduate	13.0%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	27.9%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Seabrook	Tomball
Drove alone	81.9%	67.3%
Carpooled	6.0%	13.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	2.2%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	18.4%
Other means	0.8%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Seabrook	Tomball
1-unit, detached	59.8%	52.8%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	15.0%	11.6%
20 or more units	16.4%	23.2%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Seabrook	Tomball
Poverty rate	6.6%	9.9%
Average household size	2.46	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	26	31
Median year structure built	1991	1990