Port Neches is a city of 13,664 people in Texas. About 26% of adults have finished a four-year degree. Getting to work takes 18 minutes on average. The foreign-born share is 7%. Density works out to 1,590 people per square mile. The typical home is worth $253,200, having roughly tripled since 2000.
At a glance
Average income
median household income $81,637, near the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 41.1
US median: 38.9
Less educated
26% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 79%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Port Neches
What changed most since 1990
Adults with a bachelor's degree17.9% → 26.1%(+8.2 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Homes owned by their occupants76.1% → 70.3%(−5.8 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Poverty rate7.5% → 13.1%(+5.6 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Port Neches's population equals 5.4% of Jefferson County's. Its number of households without a car equals 1.1% of the county's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 2.9% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)22.3%(180)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)29.6%(239)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era38.3%(309)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War1%(8)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 807 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Port Neches, decade by decade
Port Neches population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
12,974
$86,813
$127,444
17.9%
11.2
2000
13,601
$86,571
$141,360
20.6%
20.6
2010
13,040
$83,931
$158,818
21.1%
32.2
2020
13,692
$91,102
$210,774
27.6%
48.6
2024
13,664
$81,637
$253,200
26.1%
44.3
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
