Oyster CreekTX
A town of 1,239, settled in 1852.
Is Oyster Creek a good place to live?
Oyster Creek’s best subject grades are an A− for cost of living and a B for walkability; its weakest is a C− for hazard risk. Oyster Creek's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 98% of U.S. towns. Oyster Creek has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Oyster Creek stand out
Where Oyster Creek beats most towns.
Jobs vs. working residents
Typical home value
Oyster Creek lives by the ocean
Coastal flooding makes up 34% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
How Oyster Creek grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Oyster Creek is from typical.
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Moving to Oyster Creek: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Oyster Creek, 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 Oyster Creek.
With 4.5 jobs for every working resident, Oyster Creek draws in 2,004 commuters
The mean commuting time for Oyster Creek comes to 23 minutes, below both Texas’ towns (25 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). For most workers, Oyster Creek is a place to come home to: only 4% work in town. Employers in Oyster Creek added 208 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 2,022. The median commute is under 40 miles.
| Oyster Creek | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 4% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The typical home in Oyster Creek is valued at about $190K
Oyster Creek: 84% of households own their home, against 69% in Texas’ towns and 73% across U.S. towns.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Natural hazards: high risk in Oyster Creek, mostly coastal flooding
Federal aid has come to Oyster Creek households in 7 declared disasters; the latest was in 2024. Storm and flood damage is expected to run higher than in 76% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 91 flood insurance claims have been paid out locally. Expected losses in Oyster Creek break down as 34% from coastal flooding and 33% from hurricanes.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The climate in Oyster Creek brings mild winters and hot summers
July afternoons reach 91°, January nights drop to 46° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Oyster Creek is less healthy than 64% of U.S. towns
Against the Texas average, Oyster Creek comes out ahead on 2 CDC measures out of 31, and behind on 7. In Oyster Creek, 43% of adults sleep under 7 hours. Among adults locally, 38% have high blood pressure and 75% had a checkup this year.
| Oyster Creek | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 39% | 36% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 8.1% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 35% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 75% | 74% | 79% |
| What stands out | Oyster Creek | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 16.9% | 19.3% |
| Fewer adults without reliable transportation | 9.4% | 10.5% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 16.2% | 12.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
More crime per resident in Oyster Creek than in 58% of U.S. towns
The rate of reported violence for Oyster Creek comes to 0.8 per 1,000 residents. The property crime rate for Oyster Creek comes to 9.6 per 1,000 residents.
| Oyster Creek | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.8 per 1,000 residents | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 9.6 per 1,000 residents | 10.7 | 9.9 |
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Everything we know about Oyster Creek
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Oyster Creek
About 12 of every 100 Oyster Creek residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
1,239 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
About Oyster Creek
City in Texas, United States
Oyster Creek is a city in Brazoria County, Texas, United States. Its population was 1,173 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 2.1 sq mi
- Elevation
- 7 ft
- Area code
- 979
Questions about Oyster Creek
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Oyster Creek, TX expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.