Corpus Christi vs Driscoll

A side-by-side comparison of Corpus Christi and Driscoll: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Corpus Christi has the higher population (317,383 vs 694 in Driscoll). Corpus Christi has the higher median household income ($66,325 vs $36,638 in Driscoll). Corpus Christi has the higher median home value ($197,100 vs $95,000 in Driscoll).

Population, income & housing

	Corpus Christi	Driscoll
Population	317,383	694
Median age	36.3 yrs	25.1 yrs
Median household income	$66,325	$36,638
Median home value	$197,100	$95,000
Median gross rent	$1,230	$1,073
Housing units	134,981	248
Homeownership rate	57.9%	41.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	3.7%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Corpus Christi	Driscoll
Population	325,780 → 317,383 (-2.6%)	631 → 694 (+10.0%)
Median household income	$56,333 → $66,325 (+17.7%)	$33,438 → $36,638 (+9.6%)
Median home value	$141,100 → $197,100 (+39.7%)	$40,000 → $95,000 (+137.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,028 → $1,230 (+19.6%)	$836 → $1,073 (+28.3%)

Corpus Christi

Population

325,780317,383

Median household income

$56,333$66,325

Median home value

$141,100$197,100

Median gross rent

$1,028$1,230

Driscoll

Population

631694

Median household income

$33,438$36,638

Median home value

$40,000$95,000

Median gross rent

$836$1,073

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Corpus Christi	Driscoll
Under 5	6.2%	5.9%
5 to 17	17.7%	32.9%
18 to 24	10.2%	10.8%
25 to 34	14.0%	13.3%
35 to 44	13.6%	11.5%
45 to 54	11.6%	8.1%
55 to 64	11.7%	9.1%
65 to 74	9.0%	1.6%
75 and over	5.9%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Corpus Christi	Driscoll
White (non-Hispanic)	30.1%	5.5%
Black or African American	4.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	61.4%	94.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Corpus Christi	Driscoll
No high school diploma	14.2%	17.7%
High school graduate	28.6%	66.6%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	12.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Corpus Christi	Driscoll
Drove alone	80.8%	52.4%
Carpooled	10.5%	23.8%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	16.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	7.5%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Corpus Christi	Driscoll
1-unit, detached	64.7%	73.4%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	26.6%

Poverty & households

	Corpus Christi	Driscoll
Poverty rate	17.5%	36.5%
Average household size	2.62	3.73
Mean commute (minutes)	21	30
Median year structure built	1981	1983