Bay Area Edition | January 2024

BY JAMES T. NORMAN Community 2024 Annual Community Guide

League City, Seabrook and Clear Lake Shores are all in the Bay Area of the Greater Houston area, and sit in Galveston County. Each saw their populations become more diverse over the last five years. However, while League City and Seabrook grew, Clear Lake Shores saw a slight decline in its population. Bay Area snapshot

League City

Clear Lake Shores Seabrook

SOURCE: U.S. CENSUS BUREAU 2022 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 5-YEAR ESTIMATES/COMMUNITY IMPACT

Age analysis

Population change

29.1% 25.1% 29.2% 13.7% 2.8% 37.1

16.1% 12.5% 36.4% 30.3% 4.7% 51.6

25.1% 29.6% 26.5% 16.7% 2% 34.8

0-19

98,215

13,325

1,249

2017

2017

2017

20-39

113,469

13,558

1,232

2022

2022

2022

40-59

60-79

5-year population change

80+

+15.53%

+1.75%

-1.36%

Median age

Galveston County: +9.22%

Texas: +6.65%

Local demographics*

2022

2017

2022

2017

2022

2017

Hispanic or Latino White Black or African American American Indian or Alaska native Asian Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander Some other race Two or more races

19.6%

18.5%

20.7%

5.6%

10.9%

18.9%

65.6%

62.5%

73.8%

68.8%

91.5%

83.5%

7.1% 0.2% 6%

7.8%

4%

4.3% 0.2% 4.5%

0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

1.2% 0.2% 0.4%

0.1%

0%

1.9%

6.1%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0% 0%

0.1% 2.2%

0.6% 3.3%

0.2% 1.6%

0.4% 1.2%

2.9%

3.8%

*ALL CATEGORIES LISTED ARE RACES, EXCEPT FOR HISPANIC OR LATINO, WHICH IS NOT A RACE. HOWEVER, THE PERCENTAGES OF THE RACES LISTED DO NOT INCLUDE HISPANIC OR LATINO RESIDENTS.

Education level*

Largest employment sectors*

2017 2022

High school diploma or higher

1 Management occupations

1 Sales and related occupations

1 Management occupations

2 Sales and related occupations 3 Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, and other technical occupations 4 Architecture and engineering occupations

2 Sales and related occupations

2 Office and

95.6% 95.7% 97.1% 91% 98.5% 97.8%

administrative support occupations

3 Office and

Bachelor’s degree or higher

administrative support occupations

3 Management occupations

44.3% 48.1% 44% 40.1% 54.6% 45.9%

4 Educational

4 Educational

instruction and library occupations

instruction, and library occupations

*AGES 25 AND OLDER

*EMPLOYMENT FOR AGE 16 AND OLDER

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