Corpus Christi vs Robstown

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

Corpus Christi and Robstown 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 10,222 in Robstown). Corpus Christi has the higher median household income ($66,325 vs $39,124 in Robstown). Corpus Christi has the higher median home value ($197,100 vs $89,500 in Robstown).

Population, income & housing

	Corpus Christi	Robstown
Population	317,383	10,222
Median age	36.3 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$66,325	$39,124
Median home value	$197,100	$89,500
Median gross rent	$1,230	$920
Housing units	134,981	4,299
Homeownership rate	57.9%	69.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	7.2%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	11.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Corpus Christi	Robstown
Population	325,780 → 317,383 (-2.6%)	11,400 → 10,222 (-10.3%)
Median household income	$56,333 → $66,325 (+17.7%)	$35,504 → $39,124 (+10.2%)
Median home value	$141,100 → $197,100 (+39.7%)	$64,000 → $89,500 (+39.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,028 → $1,230 (+19.6%)	$688 → $920 (+33.7%)

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

Robstown

Population

11,40010,222

Median household income

$35,504$39,124

Median home value

$64,000$89,500

Median gross rent

$688$920

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Corpus Christi	Robstown
Under 5	6.2%	5.7%
5 to 17	17.7%	14.7%
18 to 24	10.2%	9.7%
25 to 34	14.0%	10.3%
35 to 44	13.6%	13.8%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.7%
55 to 64	11.7%	9.9%
65 to 74	9.0%	11.7%
75 and over	5.9%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Corpus Christi	Robstown
White (non-Hispanic)	30.1%	2.4%
Black or African American	4.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	61.4%	97.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Corpus Christi	Robstown
No high school diploma	14.2%	32.5%
High school graduate	28.6%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Corpus Christi	Robstown
Drove alone	80.8%	65.3%
Carpooled	10.5%	16.2%
Public transit	1.1%	5.3%
Walked	1.3%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	5.8%
Other means	1.3%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Corpus Christi	Robstown
1-unit, detached	64.7%	83.9%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	13.9%	2.5%
20 or more units	7.3%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Corpus Christi	Robstown
Poverty rate	17.5%	31.0%
Average household size	2.62	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1981	1971