Groves vs Port Neches

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

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

Groves has the higher population (17,021 vs 13,627 in Port Neches). Port Neches has the higher median household income ($84,335 vs $70,485 in Groves). Port Neches has the higher median home value ($231,000 vs $153,800 in Groves).

Population, income & housing

	Groves	Port Neches
Population	17,021	13,627
Median age	41.1 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$70,485	$84,335
Median home value	$153,800	$231,000
Median gross rent	$1,247	$1,116
Housing units	6,885	5,964
Homeownership rate	78.2%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Groves	Port Neches
Population	15,662 → 17,021 (+8.7%)	12,782 → 13,627 (+6.6%)
Median household income	$55,652 → $70,485 (+26.7%)	$71,740 → $84,335 (+17.6%)
Median home value	$112,900 → $153,800 (+36.2%)	$165,900 → $231,000 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$970 → $1,247 (+28.6%)	$996 → $1,116 (+12.0%)

Groves

Population

15,66217,021

Median household income

$55,652$70,485

Median home value

$112,900$153,800

Median gross rent

$970$1,247

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)

	Groves	Port Neches
Under 5	6.6%	7.9%
5 to 17	16.2%	18.4%
18 to 24	5.4%	4.9%
25 to 34	13.4%	12.5%
35 to 44	13.2%	17.1%
45 to 54	12.2%	8.5%
55 to 64	14.7%	13.3%
65 to 74	10.7%	10.0%
75 and over	7.6%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Groves	Port Neches
White (non-Hispanic)	52.6%	83.9%
Black or African American	8.6%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.5%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	30.4%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Groves	Port Neches
No high school diploma	13.5%	8.1%
High school graduate	32.0%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	41.7%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Groves	Port Neches
Drove alone	80.9%	82.9%
Carpooled	16.3%	8.9%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	3.9%
Other means	0.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Groves	Port Neches
1-unit, detached	87.2%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	8.5%
20 or more units	1.8%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Groves	Port Neches
Poverty rate	9.3%	10.4%
Average household size	2.75	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	1966	1972