Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Texas City earns a D, 520th of 640 graded towns in Texas State, mostly because of health and safety. Residents are less healthy than 78% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. It reports more crime per resident than 76% of U.S. towns, including 144 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025. In its favor, it has 22 miles of trail. Texas City’s January low is 47°F, above both Texas State’s towns (37°F) and U.S. towns (22°F). Texas City's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 96% of U.S. towns. Texas City is home to College of the Mainland.
Where Texas City beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas State), ordered by how far Texas City is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,509 in 1920, 51,898 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1910 and 7 maps from 1929 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Texas City. Close and well known come first.
Big draw36 mi Stadium & arenaReliant Stadium
Big draw36 mi Stadium & arenaDaikin Park
11 mi Theme parkGalveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier
14 mi BeachGalveston Island
25 mi LandmarkSan Jacinto Monument
36 mi Stadium & arenaToyota CenterReliant Stadium: User eschipul on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Daikin Park: Delaywaves, CC BY 3.0 · Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier: Matthew T Rader, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Galveston Island: NASA, Public domain · San Jacinto Monument: Tijuana Brass at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Toyota Center: Ed Uthman from Houston, TX, USA, CC BY 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Texas City, 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Texas City.
Texas City has homes that are cheap against local pay and has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns, but it has a long record of flood insurance claims.
19% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance in Texas City. Texas City beats the Texas State average on 0 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 15. 25% of adults worry about having enough food in Texas City.
| Texas City | Texas State towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 20% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 39% | 36% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 12% |
| What stands out | Texas City | TX |
|---|---|---|
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 14.1% | 10.7% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 16.2% | 12.5% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 24.8% | 19.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by Texas City ISD. Three of its 28 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dickinson J HLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 1,060 | – |
| Texas City H SLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,689 | B− |
| Eugene 'Gene' Kranz J HTop results in townGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 877 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
Reported crimes fell from 1,551 to 902 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
Texas City reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 76% report less. The violent crime rate in Texas City is 2.4 per 1,000 residents.
| Texas City | Texas State towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.4 per 1,000 residents | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 12.8 per 1,000 residents | 10.7 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
At 2.8 years of the Houston metro’s $82K median household income, the typical home (about $227K) costs less against local pay than in 75% of Texas State towns; that ratio is one input to its C+ for cost of living. The typical value, about $227K, is 7% below its October 2022 peak.
The typical Texas City home is worth about $227,000, down 1.5% in a year, 24% below the Texas State typical home. 57% of Texas City households own their home.
| Texas City | Texas State towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 57% | 69% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,307 a month | $1,206 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Renters paying 30%+ of income on rent | 52% | 50% | 48% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
January nights average 46.8°, milder than in 97% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 89.6°. The Galveston Scholes Fld weather station, 11 miles away, records that about 66 days a year reach 90°: more than most of the country, but fewer than 99% of Texas State places with climate records.
Among 642 Texas State towns, just 3 have a lower July high than Texas City. Texas City has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. Snow is almost unheard of.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most working residents leave Texas City for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (18%), Galveston (18%) and League City (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.
| Texas City | Texas State towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 17% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 16% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 5.8% | 9.7% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
23 miles of trail in 18 parks and preserves. Bay Street Park, at 42 acres with 1.3 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
| Texas City | Texas State towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.7% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Bay Street Park | 1.3 mi | 42 |
| 2. Carver Park | — | 18 |
| 3. Goddard Park | — | 18 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
2,751 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 311 properties have flooded more than once.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 52% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 2,751 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Texas City.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
4 within 15 miles of the center of Texas City
About 7 of every 100 Texas City residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Texas State.
45,099 counted in 2010 and 51,898 in 2020; an estimated 59,733 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 15.2% since 2020, after 15.1% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
3 places in Texas City on the National Register of Historic Places.
27 notable people were born in Texas City.
City in Texas, United States
Texas City is a city in Galveston County, Texas and a suburb of the city of Galveston (with some water area in Chambers County), United States. Located on the southwest shoreline of Galveston Bay, Texas City is a deepwater port on the Gulf Coast and a petroleum refining and petrochemical manufacturing center. Its population was 51,898 at the 2020 census, making it the third-largest city in Galveston County, behind League City and Galveston. It is part of the Houston-Galveston metropolitan area. Texas City was the site of a major explosion in 1947 that demolished much of the city and its port.
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6 towns share a border with Texas City.
League City next door grades higher for schools (A− to Texas City’s C) and lower for cost of living (D to C+).
| Town | TX rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas City | #520 | D | C+ | C− | C | C− |
| San Leon | #273 | C+ | A− | — | C+ | C |
| Dickinson | #325 | C | C+ | B− | C+ | C |
| Bacliff | #399 | C− | C+ | — | B+ | D |
| La Marque | #609 | D− | C+ | C− | D | C− |
| League City | #84 | B+ | D | B | A− | A |
| Galveston | #587 | D− | C− | D | C | C |
San Leon and Bacliff report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Texas City with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Texas City grades D overall, better than 8% of U.S. towns and #520 of 640 in Texas State. It grades C− for health, C− for safety and C for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a C−.
That is 2.8 years of the area's median household income ($82,168 across the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, 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+.
27 notable people were born here, including Charles Brown and Joe Caldwell.
