Driscoll vs Port Aransas

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

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

Port Aransas has the higher population (3,141 vs 694 in Driscoll). Port Aransas has the higher median household income ($88,311 vs $36,638 in Driscoll). Port Aransas has the higher median home value ($490,200 vs $95,000 in Driscoll).

Population, income & housing

	Driscoll	Port Aransas
Population	694	3,141
Median age	25.1 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$36,638	$88,311
Median home value	$95,000	$490,200
Median gross rent	$1,073	$2,226
Housing units	248	5,125
Homeownership rate	41.4%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.7%	37.1%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Driscoll	Port Aransas
Population	631 → 694 (+10.0%)	4,123 → 3,141 (-23.8%)
Median household income	$33,438 → $36,638 (+9.6%)	$57,910 → $88,311 (+52.5%)
Median home value	$40,000 → $95,000 (+137.5%)	$340,600 → $490,200 (+43.9%)
Median gross rent	$836 → $1,073 (+28.3%)	$1,022 → $2,226 (+117.8%)

Driscoll

Population

631694

Median household income

$33,438$36,638

Median home value

$40,000$95,000

Median gross rent

$836$1,073

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)

	Driscoll	Port Aransas
Under 5	5.9%	2.6%
5 to 17	32.9%	12.7%
18 to 24	10.8%	2.3%
25 to 34	13.3%	8.6%
35 to 44	11.5%	5.6%
45 to 54	8.1%	19.9%
55 to 64	9.1%	16.1%
65 to 74	1.6%	22.6%
75 and over	6.9%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Driscoll	Port Aransas
White (non-Hispanic)	5.5%	86.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	94.5%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Driscoll	Port Aransas
No high school diploma	17.7%	5.3%
High school graduate	66.6%	23.4%
Some college or associate's	12.0%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	24.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	12.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Driscoll	Port Aransas
Drove alone	52.4%	69.1%
Carpooled	23.8%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	16.3%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	11.1%
Other means	0.0%	5.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Driscoll	Port Aransas
1-unit, detached	73.4%	49.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	18.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	20.9%
Mobile home & other	26.6%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Driscoll	Port Aransas
Poverty rate	36.5%	9.5%
Average household size	3.73	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	30	15
Median year structure built	1983	1989