Port Aransas vs Robstown

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

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

Robstown has the higher population (10,222 vs 3,141 in Port Aransas). Port Aransas has the higher median household income ($88,311 vs $39,124 in Robstown). Port Aransas has the higher median home value ($490,200 vs $89,500 in Robstown).

Population, income & housing

	Port Aransas	Robstown
Population	3,141	10,222
Median age	53.5 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$88,311	$39,124
Median home value	$490,200	$89,500
Median gross rent	$2,226	$920
Housing units	5,125	4,299
Homeownership rate	73.3%	69.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.1%	7.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	11.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Port Aransas	Robstown
Population	4,123 → 3,141 (-23.8%)	11,400 → 10,222 (-10.3%)
Median household income	$57,910 → $88,311 (+52.5%)	$35,504 → $39,124 (+10.2%)
Median home value	$340,600 → $490,200 (+43.9%)	$64,000 → $89,500 (+39.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,022 → $2,226 (+117.8%)	$688 → $920 (+33.7%)

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

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)

	Port Aransas	Robstown
Under 5	2.6%	5.7%
5 to 17	12.7%	14.7%
18 to 24	2.3%	9.7%
25 to 34	8.6%	10.3%
35 to 44	5.6%	13.8%
45 to 54	19.9%	11.7%
55 to 64	16.1%	9.9%
65 to 74	22.6%	11.7%
75 and over	9.6%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Port Aransas	Robstown
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	2.4%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	97.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Port Aransas	Robstown
No high school diploma	5.3%	32.5%
High school graduate	23.4%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	24.5%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Port Aransas	Robstown
Drove alone	69.1%	65.3%
Carpooled	6.0%	16.2%
Public transit	0.7%	5.3%
Walked	5.8%	4.1%
Bicycle	2.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	5.8%
Other means	5.4%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Port Aransas	Robstown
1-unit, detached	49.6%	83.9%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	18.5%	2.5%
20 or more units	20.9%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Port Aransas	Robstown
Poverty rate	9.5%	31.0%
Average household size	2.09	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	15	27
Median year structure built	1989	1971