Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety10#14,077/15,637
Economy27#11,386/15,631
Housing38#9,248/14,977
Health26#11,489/15,609
Healthcare27#11,394/15,650
Environment3#14,947/15,453
Education29#11,145/15,649
Infrastructure32#10,674/15,650
Community9#14,209/15,651
Leisure & amenities36#10,036/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Corpus Christi, Texas ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Nueces County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Restaurants and bars · high11.0 /10k
81/100Texas 7.8 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsNueces County value
Comfortable days · high30.6%
81/100Texas 30.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationNueces County value
Average commute time · low21.3 min
80/100Texas 26.7 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Depression · low20.7%
77/100Texas 21.2%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Public transit commuters · high1.2%
76/100Texas 0.9%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301
Access to exercise opportunities · high92.4%
74/100Texas 82.3%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteNueces County value

Weaknesses

Hot days · high140 days
1/100Texas 111 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationNueces County value
Violent crime rate · high753 /100k
2/100Texas 345 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationNueces County value
Voter turnout · low48.2%
3/100Texas 57.8%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionNueces County value
Property crime rate · high2,648 /100k
4/100Texas 1,786 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationNueces County value
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high20.8%
5/100Texas 19.1%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Food environment index · low6.3
6/100Texas 5.7United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteNueces County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Broadband subscriptionsImproving
82.4% (2015-2019) → 89.6% (2020-2024)
+7.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.5× (2015-2019) → 3.1× (2020-2024)
+25%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
47.5% (2015-2019) → 52.0% (2020-2024)
+4.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$56,333 (2015-2019) → $67,394 (2020-2024)
+20%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
New homes permittedWorsening
4.6 /1k (2021) → 3.8 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−18%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
High school diploma or higherImproving
83.4% (2015-2019) → 85.6% (2020-2024)
+2.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Corpus Christi, Texas improved on 3 of 15 measures with a comparison and declined on 4. 7 moved within the margin of error and 1 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved3

Bachelor's++2.3 points22.2% → 24.4%
Broadband+7.2 points82.4% → 89.6%
Household income+20%$56,333 → $67,394

Declined4

Commute+1.9 min19.4 min → 21.3 min
Rent / income+2 points29.1% → 31.1%
Rent burden+4.5 points47.5% → 52.0%
Price / income+0.6×2.5× → 3.1×

All 15 measures

Change of every measure of Corpus Christi, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	19.4 min2015-2019	21.3 min2020-2024	+1.9 min	Declined	28%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.2%2015-2019	24.4%2020-2024	+2.3 points	Improved	45%
Broadband subscriptions	82.4%2015-2019	89.6%2020-2024	+7.2 points	Improved	45%
Child poverty rate	23.0%2015-2019	25.0%2020-2024	+2 points	Within the margin of error	30%
Effective property tax rate	1.69%2015-2019	1.44%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	68%
High school diploma or higher	83.4%2015-2019	85.6%2020-2024	+2.3 points	Within the margin of error	61%
Home price to income ratio	2.5×2015-2019	3.1×2020-2024	+0.6×	Declined	41%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4592015-2019	0.4632020-2024	+0.003	Within the margin of error	48%
Median household income	$56,3332015-2019	$67,3942020-2024	+20%	Improved	32%
Poverty rate	16.1%2015-2019	17.1%2020-2024	+1 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Public transit commuters	1.3%2015-2019	1.2%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	23%
Rent as share of income	29.1%2015-2019	31.1%2020-2024	+2 points	Declined	40%
Rent-burdened households	47.5%2015-2019	52.0%2020-2024	+4.5 points	Declined	39%
Unemployment rate	5.5%2015-2019	5.1%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	59%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	19.8%2015-2019	20.8%2020-2024	+1 points	Within the margin of error	34%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Corpus Christi, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Corpus Christi, Texas in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Corpus Christi, Texas itself moved −5.6 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

317,419 residents (±50)

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 70–79 men (+0.8 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

317,419 residents (±50)

Corpus Christi, Texas
Texas share

White29%92,670
Black3.8%12,162
Hispanic or Latino62%196,942

Education

211,031 residents (±766)

Corpus Christi, Texas
Texas share

No high school diploma14%30,322
High school or GED28%59,677
Some college24%49,657

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

118,741 households (±1,175)

Corpus Christi, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k18%20,993
$25k–50k19%22,293
$50k–75k19%22,547
$75k–100k13%15,486
$100k–150k16%19,329
$150k–200k7.5%8,932
$200k or more7.7%9,161

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−4.4 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

118,741 households (±1,175)

Corpus Christi, Texas
Texas share

Own58%68,774
Rent42%49,967

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

48,117 households (±1,256)

Corpus Christi, Texas
Texas share

Under $75011%5,409
$750–1,00015%7,030
$1,000–1,50041%19,515

Home values

68,774 homes (±1,377)

Corpus Christi, Texas
Texas share

Under $150k29%20,034
$150k–250k33%22,845
$250k–400k24%16,298

Age of homes

136,279 homes (±517)

Corpus Christi, Texas
Texas share

2010 or later14%18,494
2000–200912%16,886
1980–199928%38,036

Size of homes

136,279 homes (±517)

Corpus Christi, Texas
Texas share

Studio3.4%4,683
1 bedroom12%16,413
2 bedrooms27%36,935

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

146,076 workers (±2,158)

Corpus Christi, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone80%117,339
Carpool10%15,066
Public transit1.2%1,714
Walk1.3%1,902
Bike0.2%†274
Work from home5.3%7,800
Other1.4%1,981

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−3.4 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

138,276 workers (±2,131)

Corpus Christi, Texas
Texas share

Under 15 min29%39,471
15–29 min53%73,643
30–44 min11%15,065

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Corpus Christi, TX

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Nueces County, the county holding most of Corpus Christi's residents.

Nueces County has 8,111 employer establishments, 230 for every 10,000 residents (0.93× the US rate of 248; 1.05× Texas's), with 134,586 paid employees at an average annual pay of $53,723. The Census Bureau also counts 31,301 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 8,111; 31,301 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 230; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 134,586
Average annual pay: $53,723; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Nueces County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	909	25.8	1.24×About typical	12,796	$49,577	1,572
Restaurants and other eating places	727	20.6	1.12×About typical	15,873	$21,856	213
Specialty trade contractors	411	11.7	0.75×Fewer than typical	9,174	$69,146	3,152
Offices of physicians	398	11.3	1.74×More than typical	3,015	$92,908	349
Lessors of real estate	335	9.5	0.77×Fewer than typical	1,493	$45,931	2,377
Limited-service restaurants	332	9.4	1.17×About typical	7,586	$20,352	79
Full-service restaurants	316	9	1.17×About typical	7,338	$23,583	95
Legal services	222	6.3	1.17×About typical	1,483	$81,370	296
Building equipment contractors	214	6.1	1.01×About typical	2,669	$60,625	672
Insurance agencies and brokerages	203	5.8	1.31×More than typical	1,118	$61,912	516
Construction of buildings	181	5.1	0.68×Fewer than typical	1,047	$66,774	1,508
Offices of other health practitioners	179	5.1	0.84×About typical	922	$47,462	586

Rank places for an industry Open Nueces County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 352,505 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $164.5M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Corpus Christi, Texas: $518 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $164.5M; −13% vs FY2025
Per resident: $518; US $1,994
Sole-source: 19%; US 30%
Single offer: 8.3%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Navy$46.6M28%
Defense Contract Management Agency$36.5M22%
Defense Logistics Agency$20.3M12%
Department of the Army$18.3M11%
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement$14M8.5%
Agricultural Marketing Service$7.4M4.5%
U.S. Customs and Border Protection$4.5M2.7%
Defense Information Systems Agency$3.9M2.3%

Top recipients

V2X AEROSPACE LLC$36.5M22%
CAE USA, INC.$14.7M8.9%
ASSET PROTECTION & SECURITY SERVICES, L.P.$14M8.5%
LIBERTY GLOBAL LOGISTICS LLC$11.7M7.1%
VALIANT TECHNICAL SERVICES INC.$10.9M6.6%

Spending by fiscal year

434.5MFY2017
388.5MFY2018
222.2MFY2019
376.8MFY2020
443.1MFY2021
323.9MFY2022
379.8MFY2023
407.8M

Top industries (NAICS)

Support activities for air transportation · 4881$39.3M24%
Deep sea, coastal, and Great Lakes water transportation · 4831$23.8M14%
Technical and trade schools · 6115$14.7M8.9%
Warehousing and storage · 4931$12.9M7.8%
Investigation and security services · 5616$9.5M5.8%
Facilities support services · 5612$9.2M5.6%

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Corpus Christi, Texas

PARTS AND MATERIALS$158.3M
V2X AEROSPACE LLC· Nueces County, TX· Equipment maintenance· Jul 12, 2022 – Jun 5, 2026· N0042122F7005
DEEP DRAFT DREDGING OF THE CORPUS CHRISTI SHIP CHANNEL, TEXAS CHANNEL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT LOWER BAY REACH FROM STA. 7+000 (FORMALLY STA. 70+00), JUST BAY SIDE OF THE PORT ARANSAS FERRY LANDING EXTENDING TO STA. 70+000 (FORMALLY STA. 700+00).$127.7M
CALLAN MARINE LIMITED· Nueces County, TX· Construction & real property· Apr 8, 2020 – Dec 2, 2025· W912HY20C0009
PIPELINE DREDGING OF CORPUS CHRISTI SHIP CHANNEL, TEXAS, UPPER HARBOR REACH, CHANNEL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IN NUECES AND SAN PATRICIO COUNTIES, TEXAS, DREDGING.$111.8M
CALLAN MARINE LIMITED· Nueces County, TX· Construction & real property· Sep 25, 2023 – Apr 1, 2026· W912HY23C0019

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Corpus Christi, Texas, so they do not add up across cities.

Corpus Christi, Texas's figures are part of those of Nueces County, TX, Aransas County, TX, Kleberg County, TX and San Patricio County, TX ($173.7M in FY2026), never added to them: 95% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Corpus Christi is mostly in Nueces County.

See federal money in Nueces County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Corpus Christi, Texas is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

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County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Nueces County23100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Corpus Christi, TX13

Other cities and towns in Nueces County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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