Pantego vs Pelican Bay

A side-by-side comparison of Pantego and Pelican Bay: population, income, housing, and more.

Pantego and Pelican Bay are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pantego has the higher population (2,467 vs 2,271 in Pelican Bay). Pantego has the higher median household income ($64,955 vs $57,105 in Pelican Bay). Pantego has the higher median home value ($336,200 vs $140,000 in Pelican Bay).

Population, income & housing

	Pantego	Pelican Bay
Population	2,467	2,271
Median age	42.8 yrs	30.2 yrs
Median household income	$64,955	$57,105
Median home value	$336,200	$140,000
Median gross rent	$1,413	$1,299
Housing units	1,278	854
Homeownership rate	60.2%	62.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.8%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pantego	Pelican Bay
Population	2,531 → 2,467 (-2.5%)	1,586 → 2,271 (+43.2%)
Median household income	$54,946 → $64,955 (+18.2%)	$43,359 → $57,105 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$223,900 → $336,200 (+50.2%)	$51,100 → $140,000 (+174.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,394 → $1,413 (+1.4%)	$861 → $1,299 (+50.9%)

Pantego

Population

2,5312,467

Median household income

$54,946$64,955

Median home value

$223,900$336,200

Median gross rent

$1,394$1,413

Pelican Bay

Population

1,5862,271

Median household income

$43,359$57,105

Median home value

$51,100$140,000

Median gross rent

$861$1,299

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pantego	Pelican Bay
Under 5	3.0%	9.1%
5 to 17	16.2%	23.6%
18 to 24	4.7%	6.3%
25 to 34	16.0%	21.0%
35 to 44	13.4%	9.1%
45 to 54	12.4%	7.9%
55 to 64	8.9%	11.7%
65 to 74	10.7%	8.5%
75 and over	14.8%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pantego	Pelican Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	77.3%	68.6%
Black or African American	8.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	29.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pantego	Pelican Bay
No high school diploma	4.2%	25.6%
High school graduate	27.1%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	30.8%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pantego	Pelican Bay
Drove alone	73.6%	79.7%
Carpooled	8.6%	14.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.6%	3.9%
Other means	2.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pantego	Pelican Bay
1-unit, detached	61.0%	34.2%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	14.6%	0.4%
20 or more units	15.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	65.5%

Poverty & households

	Pantego	Pelican Bay
Poverty rate	12.3%	11.9%
Average household size	2.20	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	25	37
Median year structure built	1975	1997