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League City, Texas

League City is a city in Galveston County, Texas, part of the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area. It has 116,215 residents. League City, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 46 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #8,489 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Texas it ranks #162 of 1,016 cities and towns. It ranks best on child poverty rate (low), comfortable days (high) and broadband subscriptions (high). It ranks worst on public libraries (low), average commute time (high) and high ozone days (high).

46Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #8,489 of 15,651 cities and towns
Texas: #162 of 1,016 in TX
Population: 116,215 (2020-2024)
Land area: 51 mi²
Density: 2,262.7 /mi²
FIPS code: 4841980

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

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

Safety31#10,711/15,637
Economy93#1,125/15,631
Housing47#8,003/14,977
Health69#4,775/15,609
Healthcare35#10,191/15,650
Environment11#13,804/15,453
Education66#5,298/15,649
Infrastructure75#3,877/15,650
Community13#13,557/15,651
Leisure & amenities34#10,361/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where League City, Texas ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Galveston 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

Child poverty rate · low5.3%
95/100Texas 17.9%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Comfortable days · high34.4%
94/100Texas 30.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationGalveston County value
Broadband subscriptions · high96.4%
91/100Texas 91.3%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Median household income · high$121,099
88/100Texas $79,723United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013
Adult smoking · low9.4%
87/100Texas 15.3%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
New homes permitted · high8.7 /1k
86/100Texas 6.3 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data

Weaknesses

Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
10/100Texas 0.3 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesGalveston County value
Average commute time · high29.9 min
12/100Texas 26.7 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
High ozone days · high5 days
15/100Texas 7 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyGalveston County value
Hot days · high76 days
18/100Texas 111 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationGalveston County value
Days with unhealthy air · high2.2%
19/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyGalveston County value
Social associations · low6.8 /10k
19/100Texas 7.3 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGalveston County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
103,310 (2015-2019) → 116,215 (2020-2024)
+12%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedImproving
3.5 /1k (2021) → 8.7 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+151%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
36.6% (2015-2019) → 51.0% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.2× (2015-2019) → 3.0× (2020-2024)
+32%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
26.1% (2015-2019) → 30.5% (2020-2024)
+4.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
93.3% (2015-2019) → 96.4% (2020-2024)
+3.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

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, League City, Texas improved on 3 of 15 measures with a comparison and declined on 5. 7 moved within the margin of error and 0 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

Property tax−0.5 points1.97% → 1.50%
Broadband+3.1 points93.3% → 96.4%
Household income+11%$109,073 → $121,099

Declined5

Rent burden+14 points36.6% → 51.0%
Rent / income+4.4 points26.1% → 30.5%
Uninsured+1.9 points7.9% → 9.8%
Price / income+0.7×2.2× → 3.0×
Transit use−0.8 points1.4% → 0.5%

All 15 measures

Change of every measure of League City, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	30.7 min2015-2019	29.9 min2020-2024	−0.8 min	Within the margin of error	58%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.2%2015-2019	47.6%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	30%
Broadband subscriptions	93.3%2015-2019	96.4%2020-2024	+3.1 points	Improved	21%
Child poverty rate	7.0%2015-2019	5.3%2020-2024	−1.7 points	Within the margin of error	54%
Effective property tax rate	1.97%2015-2019	1.50%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Improved	89%
High school diploma or higher	96.2%2015-2019	95.2%2020-2024	−1 points	Within the margin of error	23%
Home price to income ratio	2.2×2015-2019	3.0×2020-2024	+0.7×	Declined	35%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3822015-2019	0.3972020-2024	+0.015	Within the margin of error	38%
Median household income	$109,0732015-2019	$121,0992020-2024	+11%	Improved	18%
Poverty rate	5.5%2015-2019	5.4%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	45%
Public transit commuters	1.4%2015-2019	0.5%2020-2024	−0.8 points	Declined	19%
Rent as share of income	26.1%2015-2019	30.5%2020-2024	+4.4 points	Declined	25%
Rent-burdened households	36.6%2015-2019	51.0%2020-2024	+14 points	Declined	15%
Unemployment rate	4.6%2015-2019	3.8%2020-2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	66%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.9%2015-2019	9.8%2020-2024	+1.9 points	Declined	26%

“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 League City, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of League City, 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, League City, Texas itself moved −10.6 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

116,215 residents (±66)

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

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

Household income

42,950 households (±975)

League City, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k7.6%3,248
$25k–50k9.9%4,244
$50k–75k12%5,247

Homes

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

Owners and renters

42,950 households (±975)

League City, Texas
Texas share

Own75%32,090
Rent25%10,860

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

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

58,263 workers (±1,487)

League City, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone77%44,729
Carpool6.7%3,893
Public transit0.5%†307

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 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, 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 Galveston County, the county holding most of League City's residents.

Galveston County has 6,597 employer establishments, 182 for every 10,000 residents (0.73× the US rate of 248; 0.83× Texas's), with 95,225 paid employees at an average annual pay of $52,817. The Census Bureau also counts 35,535 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 6,597; 35,535 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 182; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 95,225
Average annual pay: $52,817; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	670	18.5	1.01×About typical	15,455	$20,827	213
Ambulatory health care services	543	15	0.72×Fewer than typical	4,407	$55,109	1,710
Lessors of real estate	347	9.6	0.78×Fewer than typical	1,219	$49,264	2,997
Specialty trade contractors	330	9.1	0.59×Fewer than typical	4,659	$73,152	2,473
Full-service restaurants	293	8.1	1.05×About typical	8,129	$22,674	84
Limited-service restaurants	278	7.7	0.96×About typical	6,399	$18,675	87
Offices of physicians	189	5.2	0.81×About typical	955	$80,223	348
Construction of buildings	178	4.9	0.65×Fewer than typical	971	$69,187	1,204
Services to buildings and dwellings	166	4.6	0.68×Fewer than typical	1,411	$41,208	2,760
Management, scientific and technical consulting	162	4.5	0.67×Fewer than typical	694	$69,406	1,349
Religious organizations	160	4.4	0.80×Fewer than typical	1,651	$26,609	—
Building equipment contractors	156	4.3	0.72×Fewer than typical	2,735	$72,683	561

Rank places for an industry Open Galveston County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 362,263 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 $37.1M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in League City, Texas: $319 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $37.1M; +235% vs FY2025
Per resident: $319; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.5%; US 30%
Single offer: 15%; 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

Defense Logistics Agency$28.6M77%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$5.7M15%
Department of the Air Force$1M2.7%
Department of the Army$745.8K2.0%
Food and Drug Administration$392.4K1.1%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$328.8K0.9%
National Institutes of Health$101.7K0.3%
Department of Veterans Affairs$93.8K0.3%

Top recipients

DYNO OIL & ELECTRIC LLC$28.5M77%
LEIDOS, INC.$4.6M12%
NANORACKS, LLC$985.9K2.7%
AEGIS AEROSPACE INC$960.4K2.6%
TRIHAWK, LLC$745.8K2.0%
TRANQUIL CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CONSULTING SERVICES LLC

Spending by fiscal year

2.6MFY2017
2.5MFY2018
5.5MFY2019
7.6MFY2020
7.1MFY2021
7.6MFY2022
17.5MFY2023
7.2M

Top industries (NAICS)

Petroleum and coal products manufacturing · 3241$28.5M77%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$4.6M12%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$3.2M8.6%
General medical and surgical hospitals · 6221$328.8K0.9%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$185.9K0.5%
Legal services · 5411

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in League City, Texas

EXPERT WITNESS$131.7K
MICHAEL B BERRY· Galveston County, TX· Professional services· Feb 15, 2024 – Jan 21, 2026· 15JC1V24P00000265
EXPERT WITNESS SERVICES$49.3K
MICHAEL B BERRY· Galveston County, TX· Professional services· Jan 9, 2026 – Jan 9, 2026· 15JC1V26P00000142
EXPERT WITNESS SERVICES$47.6K
MICHAEL B BERRY· Galveston County, TX· Professional services· Sep 10, 2026 – Sep 10, 2026· 15JC1V26P00000659
FY26 NUTRITIONAL BIOCHEMISTRY LABORATORY MAINTENANCE RENEWAL$40K

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 League City, Texas, so they do not add up across cities.

League City, Texas's figures are part of those of Galveston County, TX and Harris County, TX ($8.2B in FY2026), never added to them: 0.5% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: League City is mostly in Galveston County.

See federal money in Galveston 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.

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

House

County

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

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX34

Other cities and towns in Galveston 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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