What is the population of Port Neches city?

Port Neches city has 13,627 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #218 of 1,863 in Texas.

What is the median household income in Port Neches city?

Median household income in Port Neches city is $84,335 a year, 7.4% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Port Neches city?

Median gross rent is $1,116 a month and the median home value is $231,000, so rent absorbs about 15.9% of median household income.

Is Port Neches city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Port Neches city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Port Neches, TX population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Port Neches, Texas (Port Neches, TX — Census place “Port Neches city”) is 13,627 residents, ranking #218 of 1863 places in Texas. Median household income is $84,335, the median home is worth $231,000 and median gross rent runs $1,116 a month. Looking for the Port Neches Texas ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Port Neches, TX: 77651.

Population: 13,627Port Neches city residents
Median household income: $84,335Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $231,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,116Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 39.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 72.1%Owner-occupied households

Port Neches ZIP codes (Texas)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Port Neches.

The Port Neches TX ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

77651

What the numbers mean in Port Neches city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Port Neches city median would spend about 15.9% 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 2.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 10.4% of residents and 72.1% 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 Neches city, TX in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Port Neches city is a mid-size town in Texas, with 13,627 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #218 of 1,863 ranked by population — larger than 88% of them. The median age here is 39.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older 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 Neches city earn a median of $84,335 a year, 7.4% above the national figure of $78,538 and 30% above 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 10.4% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Port Neches city is valued at $231,000, 23.9% below the national figure and 29% above the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,116 a month, 20.6% below the national figure, or roughly $13,392 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.9% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 72.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. 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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What is the population of Port Neches city?: Port Neches city has 13,627 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #218 of 1,863 in Texas.
What is the median household income in Port Neches city?: Median household income in Port Neches city is $84,335 a year, 7.4% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Port Neches city?: Median gross rent is $1,116 a month and the median home value is $231,000, so rent absorbs about 15.9% of median household income.
Is Port Neches city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Port Neches city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Port Neches 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.