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Beach City is a small town of 3,309 people in Chambers County, Texas. It's about 33 miles from Houston, TX. Summer highs average 91°F and winter highs 63°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $497k and rent runs about $2k a month.
3,309people
$497kTypical home
$1,669/moRent
91° / 63°Summer / winter
0"Snow
252Sunny days
97Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 3,309
- Part of a metro area
- About 739 people per sq mi
- 33 mi to Houston, TX
- 33 mi to Houston, TX
- 7 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $497k (≈$3,133/mo)
- Median rent $1,669/mo
- Median household income $149k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 91°F
- Winter highs around 63°F
- Steamy summers (dew point 74°F)
- 252 sunny days a year (118 totally clear)
- 113 cloudy days a year
- 37 of 90 winter days are gray
- 97 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 2 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (173 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,216 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 48
- 33% of households have kids
- 21% are 65 or older
- 43% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 34 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 27 mi to HOU airport
- 27 mi to HOU (major hub)
- 49 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 94% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1997
- 90% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 33 ft
- Right on the coast
- 84 mi to a big lake
- 45 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 18 mi to the nearest campground
- 14 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 636 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 81 bars within 25 mi
- 189 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 5 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 12 museums within 25 mi
- 2 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 12 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 36% of Texas districts (reading)
- 6 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 9 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 9 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 10 mi to the nearest vet
- 6 mi to the nearest dog park
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 19 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Chambers County: R+66 in 2024
- Texas: R+14 in 2024
Natural hazards
- High hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Very low winter storm risk
- High heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk