Texas · Census place 58820
Port Arthur, TX population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Port Arthur, Texas (Port Arthur, TX — Census place “Port Arthur city”) is 55,779 residents, ranking #68 of 1863 places in Texas. Median household income is $45,752, the median home is worth $96,900 and median gross rent runs $996 a month. Looking for the Port Arthur Texas ZIP code list? 3 ZIP codes serve Port Arthur, TX: 77640, 77642, 77655.
- Population
- 55,779Port Arthur city residents
- Median household income
- $45,752Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $96,900Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $996Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 34.4 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 57.2%Owner-occupied households
Port Arthur ZIP codes (Texas)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Port Arthur.
The Port Arthur TX ZIP code list below covers 3 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Port Arthur city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Port Arthur city median would spend about 26.1% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 29.1% of residents and 57.2% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Port Arthur city, TX in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Port Arthur city is a small city in Texas, with 55,779 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #68 of 1,863 ranked by population — larger than 96% of them. The median age here is 34.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.
Households in Port Arthur city earn a median of $45,752 a year, 41.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and 29% below the $64,654 median for the 1,008 Texas cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 29.1% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.
The typical owner-occupied home in Port Arthur city is valued at $96,900, 68.1% below the national figure and 46% below the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $996 a month, 29.2% below the national figure, or roughly $11,952 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 26.1% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 57.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.
No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Port Arthur city?
- Port Arthur city has 55,779 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #68 of 1,863 in Texas.
- What is the median household income in Port Arthur city?
- Median household income in Port Arthur city is $45,752 a year, 41.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Port Arthur city?
- Median gross rent is $996 a month and the median home value is $96,900, so rent absorbs about 26.1% of median household income.
- Is Port Arthur city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 2.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Port Arthur city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 26.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Port Arthur city data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.