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Seadrift is a small town of 1,239 people in Calhoun County, Texas. It's about 33 miles from Victoria, TX and 124 miles from Houston, TX, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 91°F and winter highs 64°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $207k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,239people
$207kTypical home
$1,341/moRent
91° / 64°Summer / winter
0"Snow
260Sunny days
85Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,239
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 968 people per sq mi
- 124 mi to Houston, TX
- 33 mi to Victoria, TX
- 15 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $207k (≈$1,305/mo)
- Median rent $1,341/mo
- Median household income $49k
- Property tax about 0.4% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 91°F
- Winter highs around 64°F
- Steamy summers (dew point 74°F)
- 260 sunny days a year (121 totally clear)
- 105 cloudy days a year
- 36 of 90 winter days are gray
- 85 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Low violent crime (229 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (471 per 100k)
People
- Median age 37
- 30% of households have kids
- 21% are 65 or older
- 8% have a college degree
- Very diverse community
- 1% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 19 min
- 19% walk or take transit to work
- 33 mi to VCT airport
- 122 mi to HOU (major hub)
- 125 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 69% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1981
- 78% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 26 ft
- Right on the coast
- 182 mi to a big lake
- 9 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 15 mi to the nearest campground
- No golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 28 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 3 bars within 25 mi
- 4 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 2 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 62 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 38% of Texas districts (reading)
- 16 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 15 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 59 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 16 mi to the nearest vet
- 45 mi to the nearest dog park
- 10 congregations per 10k people
- 32 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Calhoun County: R+52 in 2024
- Texas: R+14 in 2024
Natural hazards
- High hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Moderate wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Moderate drought risk
- Very low winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.