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Holiday BeachTX

It is a town of 427 residents in Texas.

Is Holiday Beach a good place to live?

53% of residents live below the poverty line in Holiday Beach, where Texas’ towns sit at 12% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. Holiday Beach has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.

Small town

427 people, and everyone knows the way

In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.

Nearby towns
Getting set up

Moving to Holiday Beach: who provides what

Holiday Beach is unincorporated, so Aransas County and regional agencies provide most services.

PowerSan Patricio Electric Coop14.2¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
WaterHoliday Beach WSC1 health-based violation in 5 years · EPAEPA
Internet5 providers99% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
Trash & county servicesAransas CountyAransas County provides services here
SchoolsRockport-Fulton Independent School DistrictWhich school depends on your addressNCES
Register to voteIn personTexas has no online registration; you can register in person until 30 days before Election Day or by mail (postmarked 30 days before).vote.gov
Who runs elections hereAransas County Early Voting ClerkAransas County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Jun 2025
ZIP code7838278382 100%Census 2020

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 Holiday Beach.

Natural hazards

Holiday Beach faces a very high natural-hazard risk, led by hurricanes

Expected damage from storms and floods is higher here than in four fifths of U.S. communities. One declared disaster, in 2017, has brought federal aid to Holiday Beach households. FEMA puts 47% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to hurricanes, and 31% to inland flooding.

80risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
80Very high riskLowerHigher
HurricanesInland floodingCoastal flooding
1
federal disasters paid out here

FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

Work & commute

Most of Holiday Beach’s workers commute out: the town has 0.2 jobs for each of them

Most people who work leave Holiday Beach to do it: just 3% work in town. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in Holiday Beach dropped by 42, to 37. For half of commuters, work is under 38 miles away. The top destinations are Corpus Christi (25%), Rockport (16%) and Victoria (7%).

3%work in town

Where working residents work

In Holiday Beach3%
Corpus Christi25%
Rockport16%
Victoria7%
Houston6%
38 mi
median commute distance
37
jobs based in Holiday Beach
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents

Census LEHD 2023 · ACS

Climate

Mild winters and hot summers in Holiday Beach

July afternoons reach 91°, January nights drop to 47° and snow is almost unheard of.

92°summer high

Typical low → high °F

Winter49–66°
Spring64–78°
Summer77–91°
Fall65–82°
+1.4°
vs. the 20th-century average
92°
typical summer high

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

Health

Compared with most of Texas and the rest of the country, more of Holiday Beach’s adults had a checkup this year

Among adults in Holiday Beach, 15% have diabetes. On the CDC’s 31 measures, Holiday Beach is ahead of Texas on 10 and behind on 7.

Holiday BeachTexas townsU.S. towns
High blood pressure (CDC PLACES)43%35%35%
Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES)15%18%17%
Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES)80%74%79%
Diabetes (CDC PLACES)15%13%12%
31 measures vs. Texas
10 better14 too close to call7 worse
What stands outHoliday BeachTX
Fewer uninsured adults9.7%19.1%
Fewer adults facing housing insecurity12.4%16.4%
More adults who have had cancer11.1%6.1%
Refugio County Memorial Hospital
19.1 mi away · emergency room
3 of 3
care shortages: primary care, dental, mental health

CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA

Outdoors

Holiday Beach keeps 0.4% of its land conserved

In 1 park or preserve, walkers have 0.6 miles of trail. Holiday Beach has one park or preserve, 7 acres in all. Its concentration of trails stands at 0.3 miles per square mile.

0.4%conserved
Holiday BeachTexas townsU.S. towns
Conserved land0.4%1.9%4.3%
Miles of trail per square mile0.3 miles per square mile0.30.4
0.4%
conserved · 5 of 1,254 acres
0.6 mi
of trails · 0.3 per sq mi
Biggest places to walkTrailsAcres
1. Goose Island State Park—7

Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US

3
homes sold in September

Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Holiday Beach

15pages on Holiday Beach
After high school

Colleges nearby

None within 15 miles of Holiday Beach; the nearest are

A commuter town

97% of working residents leave Holiday Beach for work

Where Holiday Beach’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.

25% → Corpus Christi Corpus Christi 25% 16% → Rockport Rockport 16% 7% → Victoria Victoria 7% 6% → Houston Houston 6% 4% → Lamar Lamar 4% 3% → San Antonio San Antonio 3% Holiday Beach · 3% stay
37jobs based in Holiday Beach
3%of working residents work in town
38 mimedian commute distance

Census LEHD 2023

About Holiday Beach

CDP in Texas, United States

Holiday Beach is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Aransas County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Holiday Beach had a population of 526. This was a new CDP for the 2010 census.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Area
2.0 sq mi
Elevation
3 ft

Questions about Holiday Beach

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Is Holiday Beach, TX a good place to live?

Holiday Beach has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.