City safety & data profile

BeaumontTX

Beaumont, TX is a 115K-resident city in Jefferson County with a median household income of $56,997.

Jefferson County, Texas. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Beaumont, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Beaumont has a population larger than 94% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $166,400, and 2 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

115K
Population (place)
Top 6%
By size
$56,997
Median income (place)
$166,400
Median home (place)
21.2%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Beaumont

Beaumont posts a median household income higher than 18% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 2 hospitals serve the Beaumont area.

Bottom 19%
by median income, US cities
2
hospitals in & near Beaumont

Where Beaumont income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$56,997 Bottom 18% higher than 18% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Beaumont $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in TX

Population among 244 TX places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Houston is the largest TX city on this list; Southlake leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in TX

Median household income among the same 244-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Southlake posts the highest place-level median income in TX; Houston is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Beaumont, TX beyond the headline numbers

Beaumont sits inside Jefferson County, Texas, at roughly 30.09°N, -94.10°W. Population 115,282, $56,997 median household income. Median home value $166,400, median rent $1,121. Poverty rate 21.2%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

2 hospitals in/around Beaumont, 3.5/5 avg rating, 2 with an ER.

21.2% of Beaumont, TX residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Beaumont runs about 2.9 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Only 4.5% of Beaumont workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, stroke departs furthest from its peer median: 4.6% in Beaumont, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Beaumont's median age is 35.3 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Beaumont from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
115,282
Beaumont · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$56,997
-36% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$166,400
-60% vs avg
Median Age (place)
35.3
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Jefferson County): Beaumont's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
254K+1%
Median Income
$60,026+41%
Median Home Value
$169,500+76%
Poverty Rate
19.5%-7%
Unemployment
6.3%-41%

Economics

Economics indicators for Beaumont, TX
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,121/mo
Poverty Rate
21.2% +71% vs avg
Unemployment 6.3%
Bachelor's Degree+ 24.9%
Work From Home 4.5%
Public Transit 0.3%

Population

White 29.4%
African American 45.5%
Asian 3.8%
Two or More Ethnicities 0.5%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
42.1%
Short Sleep Duration
41.6%
High Blood Pressure
41.1%
Physical Inactivity
32.1%
Frequent Mental Distress
18.9%
Lack of Health Insurance
17.6%
Diabetes
16.3%
Current Smoking
16%
Frequent Physical Distress
15%
Binge Drinking
14.4%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 50.5%
Annual Checkup 77%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
11.3%
Coronary Heart Disease
6.9%
Stroke
4.6%

Hospitals 2 total

Rating Distribution
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1
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1
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0
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0
Average Rating
3.5/5
Total Hospitals
2
With ER
2
CHRISTUS SOUTHEAST TEXAS- ST ELIZABETH
BEAUMONT · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆
BAPTIST BEAUMONT HOSPITAL
BEAUMONT · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Beaumont?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Beaumont right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet TX-BEAUMONT-TX · Beaumont

Beaumont: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Beaumont; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Texas state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Beaumont, TX? ▼
Beaumont, TX has a population of 115,282 people, located in Jefferson County, Texas.
What is the median household income in Beaumont? ▼
The median household income in Beaumont, TX is $56,997 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 21.2%.
What is the median home value in Beaumont? ▼
The median home value in Beaumont, TX is $166,400. Median rent is $1,121/month.
What are the top health concerns in Beaumont? ▼
The top health indicators in Beaumont include Obesity (42.1%), Short Sleep Duration (41.6%), High Blood Pressure (41.1%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Beaumont? ▼
Beaumont has 2 hospitals with an average rating of 3.5/5 stars. 2 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Beaumont? ▼
The median age in Beaumont, TX is 35.3 years. 24.9% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Beaumont, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside TX (21.2% here).

Paterson, NJ 21.2% Lake Worth Beach, FL 21.2% Mastic Beach, NY 21.2% Anderson, CA 21.2%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside TX ($56,997 here).

New Bedford, MA $56,981 Paragould, AR $56,980 Winton, CA $57,015 Moscow, ID $57,022

Compare Beaumont with another city

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Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

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Using Beaumont's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Beaumont area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Beaumont against Texas peers on any ranking lens. Explore Texas

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Jefferson County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.