Beaumont vs Port Neches

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

Beaumont and Port Neches 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 13,627 in Port Neches). Port Neches has the higher median household income ($84,335 vs $57,530 in Beaumont). Port Neches has the higher median home value ($231,000 vs $158,800 in Beaumont).

Population, income & housing

	Beaumont	Port Neches
Population	113,710	13,627
Median age	35.3 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$57,530	$84,335
Median home value	$158,800	$231,000
Median gross rent	$1,072	$1,116
Housing units	52,442	5,964
Homeownership rate	54.2%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaumont	Port Neches
Population	118,151 → 113,710 (-3.8%)	12,782 → 13,627 (+6.6%)
Median household income	$50,632 → $57,530 (+13.6%)	$71,740 → $84,335 (+17.6%)
Median home value	$113,600 → $158,800 (+39.8%)	$165,900 → $231,000 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$868 → $1,072 (+23.5%)	$996 → $1,116 (+12.0%)

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 Neches

Population

12,78213,627

Median household income

$71,740$84,335

Median home value

$165,900$231,000

Median gross rent

$996$1,116

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaumont	Port Neches
Under 5	6.8%	7.9%
5 to 17	18.6%	18.4%
18 to 24	10.0%	4.9%
25 to 34	14.3%	12.5%
35 to 44	12.9%	17.1%
45 to 54	10.2%	8.5%
55 to 64	11.6%	13.3%
65 to 74	9.5%	10.0%
75 and over	6.1%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaumont	Port Neches
White (non-Hispanic)	28.3%	83.9%
Black or African American	44.7%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.5%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	20.8%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaumont	Port Neches
No high school diploma	13.3%	8.1%
High school graduate	30.7%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaumont	Port Neches
Drove alone	86.5%	82.9%
Carpooled	6.1%	8.9%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	3.9%
Other means	1.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaumont	Port Neches
1-unit, detached	65.9%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	14.6%	8.5%
20 or more units	7.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Beaumont	Port Neches
Poverty rate	19.8%	10.4%
Average household size	2.47	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	1978	1972