Port Arthur.
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Texas·Jefferson County
25 tracts·51K people·$107K median·670/mi²
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The median home value in Port Arthur is $107,400 (Census ACS 2020–2024) — 0.2× the US median of $458,812.
Port Arthur has 55,828 residents across 21 census tracts and 21 named neighborhoods (Census ACS 2020–2024).
The median age is 35.5; the population is 41.9% Black, 36.5% Hispanic or Latino, 15.8% White, 4.5% Asian, 1.3% Multiracial and 0.1% Other; the average household has 2.5 people; 12.8% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 29.0% (Census ACS 2020–2024).
BOB HOPE SCHOOL - EL CAMPUS (55%), HOUSTON EL (34%) and STAFF SERGEANT LUCIAN ADAMS EL (33%) lead the elementary schools; BOB HOPE SCHOOL (64%), JEFFERSON MIDDLE (30%) and TEKOA ACADEMY OF ACCELERATED STUDIES (23%) lead the middle schools; TEKOA ACADEMY OF ACCELERATED STUDIES (79%), BOB HOPE H S (40%) and MEMORIAL H S (26%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $1,021/month, 35% below the US median (Census ACS 2020–2024).
The median household income in Port Arthur is $46,354 a year, 46% below the US median (Census ACS 2020–2024).
In Port Arthur, median rent is $1,021/month and the median home value is $107,400 (Census ACS 2020–2024).
Port Arthur reported 7.8 violent crimes and 17.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 91°F; winter lows average 47°F; there are 111 comfortable days a year; annual rainfall is 61 inches (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Port Arthur are lightning (71), wildfire (67) and tornado (56), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.04g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Port Arthur, 0.8% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).