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Galveston County

County in Texas. 358,990 residents. 983 km² of land (379 sq mi).

Rents

Median gross rent

$1,404USD per month, ± $28

Texas $1,403, U.S. $1,413

2020–2024.

Gross rent is the contract rent plus utilities. It covers all renter households, sitting tenants included, so it lags the rents asked for new leases. Five-year pooled sample survey (2020–2024), not a single-year figure; small areas carry large margins of error. Medians above $3,500 are published only as "$3,500+" and medians below $100 as "$100-". Medians by number of bedrooms rest on fewer households, so they are missing more often and less precise.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

By number of bedrooms

Home sizeMedian rent, USD per month
Studio (no bedroom)$1,161 ± $93
1 bedroom$1,190 ± $33
2 bedrooms$1,424 ± $38
3 bedrooms$1,762 ± $46
4 bedrooms$2,132 ± $188
5 or more bedrooms$2,233 ± $1,063

2020–2024. Gross rent is the contract rent plus utilities. It covers all renter households, sitting tenants included, so it lags the rents asked for new leases. Five-year pooled sample survey (2020–2024), not a single-year figure; small areas carry large margins of error. Medians above $3,500 are published only as "$3,500+" and medians below $100 as "$100-". Medians by number of bedrooms rest on fewer households, so they are missing more often and less precise.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Home prices

Median home value

$314,600USD, ± $5,354

Texas $283,800, U.S. $332,700

2020–2024.

The value is each owner's own estimate of what the home would sell for, not a sale price. Five-year pooled sample survey (2020–2024), not a single-year figure; small areas carry large margins of error. Medians above $2,000,000 are published only as "$2,000,000+" and medians below $10,000 as "$10,000-".

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Houses and apartments

Type of homeAverage value, USD
All owner-occupied homes$356,838
Houses (one-unit, detached or attached)$370,373
Apartments (buildings with two or more units)$314,841
Mobile homes$101,112

2020–2024. This is an average, not a median, so a few very expensive homes pull it above the median home value. Values are each owner's own estimate of what the home would sell for, not sale prices. "Apartment" means an owner-occupied home in a building with two or more units, condominiums and co-ops included; rented homes are not counted. The Census Bureau publishes no median value for houses or for apartments (only for mobile homes), which is why this figure is an average. It publishes the underlying totals for the country, most states and about a quarter of counties; no figure is shown where an input is missing. It is not shown for census tracts, where the totals are rare and too unstable to read without a margin of error. Five-year pooled sample survey (2020–2024), not a single-year figure; small areas carry large margins of error.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. Calculated by Marsadata from ACS tables B25080 (total value of owner-occupied homes by units in structure) and B25032 (owner-occupied homes by units in structure): total value divided by the number of homes. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Work and pay

Average wage

$30.13$1,205$5,222USD per hour, at 40 hours a weekUSD per weekUSD per month

Texas $36.25$1,450$6,283, U.S. $36.35$1,454$6,301

2014: $21.73$869$3,7662024: $30.13$1,205$5,222

2024.

Hourly figure calculated by Marsadata: the weekly wage divided by 40 hours. The source does not report hours worked and counts part-time jobs, so actual hourly pay is higher where part-time work is common.

Monthly figure calculated by Marsadata: the weekly wage times 52, divided by 12.

Covers jobs at employers subject to unemployment insurance, more than 95% of U.S. jobs; the self-employed are not included. Wages include bonuses. It is an average per job, full-time and part-time alike, not per worker. Figures are withheld where they could reveal an individual employer. Recent figures are revised by the publisher.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages.

Employment

122,734jobs

2014: 101,5032024: 122,734

2024.

Counts jobs at employers subject to unemployment insurance, more than 95% of U.S. jobs; the self-employed are not included. A person with two jobs is counted twice. Figures are withheld where they could reveal an individual employer.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages.

By industry sector

SectorWage, private sector, USD per hour, at 40 hours a weekUSD per weekUSD per monthJobs, private sectorEstablishments
Accommodation and food services$12.25$490$2,12318,949884
Retail trade$18.40$736$3,18913,804995
Health care and social assistance$25.28$1,011$4,38110,162728
Construction$39.88$1,595$6,9127,451546
Manufacturing$64.93$2,597$11,2546,054183
Administrative and support and waste management services$26.13$1,045$4,5284,993332
Transportation and warehousing$27.93$1,117$4,8404,739187
Professional, scientific, and technical services$38.70$1,548$6,7084,719645
Other services (except public administration)$26.50$1,060$4,5934,391691
Finance and insurance$41.00$1,640$7,1074,355394
Arts, entertainment, and recreation$13.35$534$2,3142,739117
Wholesale trade$47.00$1,880$8,1472,170250
Real estate and rental and leasing$29.28$1,171$5,0741,687416
Educational services$17.88$715$3,0981,01895
Information$42.45$1,698$7,35866972
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction$62.35$2,494$10,80759415
Utilities$55.63$2,225$9,64234610
Management of companies and enterprises$44.40$1,776$7,69617420
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting$18.33$733$3,1768410

Periods: 2024, 2023. “Withheld” marks cells the publisher suppresses to protect individual employers.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Businesses

Business establishments

6,597establishments

2023.

Employer establishments only: the self-employed are not counted. Excludes crop and animal production, rail transportation, the postal service, public administration and most government. The source publishes no turnover.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Business establishments per 1,000 residents

18.4per 1,000 residents

Texas 22.2, U.S. 25.0

2023.

The two inputs cover different periods (2023 and 2020–2024). Establishments are counted where they operate and residents where they live, so employment centres score high. The self-employed and most government are not counted.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. Calculated by Marsadata from County Business Patterns 2023 total establishments divided by the ACS 5-year 2020–2024 population estimate, times 1,000. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Energy

Residential electricity price

Published for states only. See Texas

Residential natural gas price

Published for states only. See Texas

People

Population

358,990people

2020–2024.

Five-year pooled sample survey (2020–2024), not a single-year figure; small areas carry large margins of error. It is a survey estimate, not a census count. The national figure covers the 50 states and the District of Columbia; Puerto Rico is published separately.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Population density

365.3people per km²

Texas 44.6, U.S. 36.6

2020–2024.

Land area excludes water. The national figure uses the land area of the 50 states and the District of Columbia, matching the population estimate.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. Calculated by Marsadata from the ACS 5-year population estimate (table B01003) divided by the land area in the Census Bureau's 2025 cartographic boundary files. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Languages

People speaking a language other than English at home

20.5%% of people aged 5 and over

Texas 35.1%, U.S. 22.3%

2020–2024.

Says nothing about English ability: many of these people also speak English very well. Based on a sample survey with large margins of error for census tracts; no margin of error is given for the share.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. Calculated by Marsadata from ACS table C16001: population aged 5 and over minus people who speak only English at home, divided by the population aged 5 and over, times 100. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Languages spoken at home

Language groupSharePeople
English only79.5%269,036 ± 2,905
Spanish16.0%54,007 ± 2,514
Other Indo-European languages1.1%3,735 ± 610
Other Asian and Pacific Island languages0.8%2,734 ± 491
Vietnamese0.7%2,398 ± 590
Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)0.4%1,311 ± 412
Russian, Polish or other Slavic languages0.4%1,203 ± 694
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.3%1,043 ± 243
Other and unspecified languages0.2%792 ± 328
German or other West Germanic languages0.2%765 ± 292
Arabic0.2%683 ± 322
French, Haitian or Cajun0.2%508 ± 159
Korean0.1%333 ± 192

2020–2024. Of 338,548 residents aged five and over. Shares are calculated by Marsadata from the published counts.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.