Corpus Christi vs Port Aransas

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

Corpus Christi and Port Aransas 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 3,141 in Port Aransas). Port Aransas has the higher median household income ($88,311 vs $66,325 in Corpus Christi). Port Aransas has the higher median home value ($490,200 vs $197,100 in Corpus Christi).

Population, income & housing

	Corpus Christi	Port Aransas
Population	317,383	3,141
Median age	36.3 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$66,325	$88,311
Median home value	$197,100	$490,200
Median gross rent	$1,230	$2,226
Housing units	134,981	5,125
Homeownership rate	57.9%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	37.1%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Corpus Christi	Port Aransas
Population	325,780 → 317,383 (-2.6%)	4,123 → 3,141 (-23.8%)
Median household income	$56,333 → $66,325 (+17.7%)	$57,910 → $88,311 (+52.5%)
Median home value	$141,100 → $197,100 (+39.7%)	$340,600 → $490,200 (+43.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,028 → $1,230 (+19.6%)	$1,022 → $2,226 (+117.8%)

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

Port Aransas

Population

4,1233,141

Median household income

$57,910$88,311

Median home value

$340,600$490,200

Median gross rent

$1,022$2,226

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Corpus Christi	Port Aransas
Under 5	6.2%	2.6%
5 to 17	17.7%	12.7%
18 to 24	10.2%	2.3%
25 to 34	14.0%	8.6%
35 to 44	13.6%	5.6%
45 to 54	11.6%	19.9%
55 to 64	11.7%	16.1%
65 to 74	9.0%	22.6%
75 and over	5.9%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Corpus Christi	Port Aransas
White (non-Hispanic)	30.1%	86.0%
Black or African American	4.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	2.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.3%
Two or more races	1.6%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	61.4%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Corpus Christi	Port Aransas
No high school diploma	14.2%	5.3%
High school graduate	28.6%	23.4%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	24.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	12.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Corpus Christi	Port Aransas
Drove alone	80.8%	69.1%
Carpooled	10.5%	6.0%
Public transit	1.1%	0.7%
Walked	1.3%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	2.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	11.1%
Other means	1.3%	5.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Corpus Christi	Port Aransas
1-unit, detached	64.7%	49.6%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	13.9%	18.5%
20 or more units	7.3%	20.9%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Corpus Christi	Port Aransas
Poverty rate	17.5%	9.5%
Average household size	2.62	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	21	15
Median year structure built	1981	1989