Demographics of Baytown city, Texas

Baytown city, Texas had 86,561 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +1,175 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Baytown city, in four figures

86,561
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 85,205 ±42.; +1.4%
Change since July 2020: +1,175 people.; 34.0 ±1.1
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $59,910 ±$6,242
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Baytown city, Texas's population grew 1.4% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Baytown city, Texas's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Baytown city, Texas's population grew 1.4% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Baytown city, Texas's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	85,386	100.0	100.0
2021	84,386	98.8	100.2
2022	84,925	99.5	100.7
2023	85,199	99.8	101.6
2024	85,824	100.5	102.5
2025	86,561	101.4	103.1

Population of Baytown city, Texas on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	85,386	—
2021	84,386	−1,000
2022	84,925	+539
2023	85,199	+274
2024	85,824	+625
2025	86,561	+737

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 34.0 ±1.1: for men 34.0 ±1.9 and for women 34.0 ±1.3. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Baytown city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Texas	United States
Under 5	6,252 ±915	7.3% ±1.1	6.4% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	17,225 ±1,337	20.2% ±1.6	18.6% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	7,328 ±860	8.6% ±1.0	9.7% ±<0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	24,061 ±1,603	28.2% ±1.9	28.5% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	20,364 ±1,519	23.9% ±1.8	23.3% ±<0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	9,975 ±869	11.7% ±1.0	13.4% ±<0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $59,910 ±$6,242, and income per person $29,957 ±$1,573, in 2024 dollars. The median is $78,476 ±$263 in Texas and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Baytown city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Texas	United States
Under $25,000	5,828 ±771	18.8% ±2.4	14.6% ±0.1	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	6,692 ±931	21.6% ±2.9	17.3% ±0.1	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	5,787 ±771	18.7% ±2.4	16.1% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	4,303 ±752	13.9% ±2.4	12.8% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	3,959 ±595	12.8% ±1.9	17.3% ±0.1	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	2,663 ±498	8.6% ±1.6	9.5% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	1,732 ±368	5.6% ±1.2	12.5% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Baytown city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Texas	United States
All ages	15,389 ±2,452	18.2% ±2.9	13.8% ±0.1	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	6,248 ±1,016	26.8% ±3.9	18.7% ±0.2	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	7,014 ±1,192	14.9% ±2.4	12.2% ±0.1	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	2,127 ±418	15.2% ±2.7	12.0% ±0.1	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Baytown city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Baytown city	Texas	United States
Housing units	34,125 ±1,004	12,128,515 ±1,574	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	90.7% ±1.4	90.6% ±0.1	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	9.3% ±1.5	9.4% ±0.1	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	52.3% ±2.1	62.6% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	47.7% ±2.8	37.4% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$197,300 ±$6,236	$283,800 ±$738	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,307 ±$39	$1,403 ±$4	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1981 ±2	1992 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Baytown city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Texas	United States
Hispanic or Latino	44,015 ±2,567	51.7% ±3.0	39.7% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	23,435 ±1,873	27.5% ±2.2	39.1% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	12,797 ±1,672	15.0% ±2.0	11.9% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	1,869 ±712	2.2% ±0.8	5.5% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	12 to 182	< 0.1% to 0.2%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 92	0% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	118 to 574	0.1% to 0.7%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	2,601 ±758	3.1% ±0.9	3.1% ±<0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Baytown city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Texas	United States
Born in the state	52,411 ±1,828	61.5% ±2.1	58.3% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	13,789 ±1,363	16.2% ±1.6	22.5% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	1,383 ±559	1.6% ±0.7	1.7% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	17,622 ±1,907	20.7% ±2.2	17.6% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	7,594 ±947	8.9% ±1.1	7.4% ±<0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	10,028 ±1,419	11.8% ±1.7	10.2% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Baytown city among the places of Texas

50th of 428 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Texas page.

Places of Texas near Baytown city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Atascocita CDP	99,354 ±4,847
Temple city	89,602 ±82
Bryan city	87,939 ±66
Mission city	87,038 ±55
Georgetown city	85,999 ±101
Baytown city	85,205 ±42
Longview city	82,923 ±728
Pharr city	80,333 ±34
Flower Mound town	78,389 ±243
Cedar Park city	78,301 ±70
Mansfield city	77,510 ±577

Elsewhere on the site

Reported crime in Baytown city, Texas

Rankings this appears in

No. 30 Places in Texas by poverty rate
No. 44 Places in Texas by foreign-born share
No. 82 Places in Texas by Hispanic or Latino share
No. 135 Places in Texas by median age
No. 138 Places in Texas by median rent
No. 180 Places in Texas by median household income

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026