Bevil OaksTX
A town of 1,042.
Is Bevil Oaks a good place to live?
The best of Bevil Oaks’ subject grades are a B+ for incomes and schools; the weakest is a D for walkability. On hazard risk, just 63 of Texas’ 1,000 towns do worse. The biggest park or preserve is Big Thicket National Preserve, at 75 acres. Bevil Oaks has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Bevil Oaks has shrunk 18% since 2010
1,274 counted in 2010 and 1,089 in 2020; an estimated 1,042 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Bevil Oaks grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Bevil Oaks is from typical.
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Big Thicket National Preserve and 11 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bevil Oaks. Close and well known come first.
in town National PreserveBig Thicket National Preserve228K visitors a year
15 mi LandmarkSpindletop14 mi MuseumSpindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum
10 mi MuseumBabe Didrikson Zaharias Museum & Visitor Center
11 mi MuseumEdison Museum
11 mi MuseumArt Museum of Southeast TexasPhoto credits
Big Thicket National Preserve: NPS, Public domain · Spindletop: i_am_jim, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum: i_am_jim, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Babe Didrikson Zaharias Museum & Visitor Center: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0 · Edison Museum: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0 · Art Museum of Southeast Texas: R. Rothenberger, CC BY 3.0
Moving to Bevil Oaks: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Bevil Oaks, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Bevil Oaks.
High risk in Bevil Oaks, with hurricanes at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 79% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 575 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Bevil Oaks.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Bevil Oaks has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Bevil Oaks for work: only 1% work in town. At 32 minutes, Bevil Oaks’ average trip to work is against 25 minutes in Texas’ towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Since 2013, Bevil Oaks has lost 177 jobs, to 40 in 2023.
| Bevil Oaks | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.1% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $91,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 7.7% | 12% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Older than Texas overall
People 65 and older are 22% of residents (13% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 17% of residents (24% statewide). At 48.8 years, Bevil Oaks’ median age is above both Texas’ towns (35.9 years) and U.S. towns (40.5 years). Bevil Oaks has lost 4.4% of its people since 2020, down to 1,042 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Bevil Oaks | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 48.8 years | 35.9 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 22% | 14% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 33% | 23% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±6.4 points. Across Texas, 50.1% of residents are women.
| Bevil Oaks | TX | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 15.1% | 13.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 6.1% | 11.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.3% | 9.7% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.7% | 14.5% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.7% | 14.1% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 15.4% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.7% | 11.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.5% | 8.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 10.7% | 5.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.9% | 14% | 10.4% |
| High school | 27.9% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 26.2% | 20.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.2% | 7.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22.6% | 21.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.3% | 12.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,000, single groups can be off by several points
Mild winters and hot summers in Bevil Oaks
Bevil Oaks has warm winters and hot summers, with plenty of rain. The July high in Bevil Oaks is 92°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Bevil Oaks is healthier than 61% of U.S. towns
Bevil Oaks beats the Texas average on 6 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 18% of Bevil Oaks adults binge drink.
| Bevil Oaks | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 16% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 30% | 25% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 75% | 74% | 79% |
| What stands out | Bevil Oaks | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 13% | 19.1% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 14.8% | 19.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
A typical Bevil Oaks home is worth about $275K
The typical Bevil Oaks home is worth about $275,000, up 5.5% in a year, 7% below the Texas typical home. 93% of households own their home in Bevil Oaks.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Big Thicket National Preserve | — | 75 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Bevil Oaks
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Bevil Oaks
About 6 of every 100 Bevil Oaks residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Texas.
1,042 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
About Bevil Oaks
City in Texas, United States
Bevil Oaks is a city in Jefferson County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,089 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Beaumont–Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 2.1 sq mi
- Elevation
- 26 ft
- Area code
- 409
Questions about Bevil Oaks
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Bevil Oaks, TX expensive?
That is 4.3 years of the area's median household income ($64,659 across the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.