Beaumont vs Port Arthur

A side-by-side comparison of Beaumont and Port Arthur: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Beaumont has the higher population (113,710 vs 55,779 in Port Arthur). Beaumont has the higher median household income ($57,530 vs $45,752 in Port Arthur). Beaumont has the higher median home value ($158,800 vs $96,900 in Port Arthur).

Population, income & housing

	Beaumont	Port Arthur
Population	113,710	55,779
Median age	35.3 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$57,530	$45,752
Median home value	$158,800	$96,900
Median gross rent	$1,072	$996
Housing units	52,442	25,417
Homeownership rate	54.2%	57.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaumont	Port Arthur
Population	118,151 → 113,710 (-3.8%)	55,109 → 55,779 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$50,632 → $57,530 (+13.6%)	$36,557 → $45,752 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$113,600 → $158,800 (+39.8%)	$65,800 → $96,900 (+47.3%)
Median gross rent	$868 → $1,072 (+23.5%)	$823 → $996 (+21.0%)

Beaumont

Population

118,151113,710

Median household income

$50,632$57,530

Median home value

$113,600$158,800

Median gross rent

$868$1,072

Port Arthur

Population

55,10955,779

Median household income

$36,557$45,752

Median home value

$65,800$96,900

Median gross rent

$823$996

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaumont	Port Arthur
Under 5	6.8%	8.0%
5 to 17	18.6%	20.6%
18 to 24	10.0%	9.2%
25 to 34	14.3%	12.7%
35 to 44	12.9%	11.9%
45 to 54	10.2%	12.2%
55 to 64	11.6%	11.8%
65 to 74	9.5%	8.0%
75 and over	6.1%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaumont	Port Arthur
White (non-Hispanic)	28.3%	15.6%
Black or African American	44.7%	42.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.5%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.5%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	20.8%	35.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaumont	Port Arthur
No high school diploma	13.3%	22.8%
High school graduate	30.7%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaumont	Port Arthur
Drove alone	86.5%	89.0%
Carpooled	6.1%	7.8%
Public transit	0.3%	0.6%
Walked	1.4%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.1%	1.1%
Other means	1.4%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaumont	Port Arthur
1-unit, detached	65.9%	68.6%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	14.6%	17.0%
20 or more units	7.0%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Beaumont	Port Arthur
Poverty rate	19.8%	29.1%
Average household size	2.47	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1978	1975