Jamaica Beach, Texas

Back to Jamaica Beach, TX housing info, Galveston County, Texas, TX smaller cities, TX small cities, All Cities.   Submit pictures of this city Current weather forecast for Jamaica Beach, TX Population (year 2000): 1,075. Estimated population in July 2006: 1,120 (+4.2% change)   Males: 537   (50.0%) Females: 538   (50.0%) Galveston County Median resident age:   42.3 years Texas median age:   32.3 years Zip codes: 77554. Estimated median household income in 2005: $54,900 (it was $52,045 in 2000) Jamaica Beach   $54,900 Texas:   $42,139 Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $134,800 (it was $98,500 in 2000) Jamaica Beach   $134,800 Texas:   $106,000 Jamaica Beach, TX residents, houses, and apartments details Add your B&M business listing here for free. Over a million visitors/week. Get a huge advantage over your competition Races in Jamaica Beach: White Non-Hispanic (89.1%) Hispanic (8.6%) Other race (2.0%) Two or more races (1.7%) American Indian (1.4%) (Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races) Recent posts about Jamaica Beach, Texas on our local forum with over 300,000 registered users. Jamaica Beach is mentioned 15 times on our forum: Texas cities A-Z name game...  (225 replies) SA metro estimate just shy of 2 million  (133 replies) Austiners: Best, Closest Gulf Beach?  (34 replies) Galveston Beach House rental questions  (3 replies) Moving to the coast  (4 replies) Does Houston meet my criteria for a place to live?  (12 replies) Ancestries: German (18.0%), English (16.1%), Irish (14.7%), French (5.7%), United States (5.2%), Scotch-Irish (3.1%). Current Local Time: CST time zone Elevation: 5 feet Land area: 0.72 square miles. Population density: 1542 people per square mile   (low).

Latitude: 29.19 N, Longitude: 94.98 W

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Average climate in Jamaica Beach, Texas

Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations

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Jamaica Beach-area historical tornado activity is near Texas state average. It is 82% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 9/12/1961, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 16.4 miles away from the Jamaica Beach city center killed 8 people and injured 200 people.

On 9/12/1961, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 9.3 miles away from the city center .

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Church in Jamaica Beach: Mary Star of the Sea Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Average household size:

This city:	2.2 people
Texas:	2.7 people

Percentage of family households:

This city:	62.9%
Whole state:	71.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This city:	7.5%
Whole state:	4.4%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

• Lesbian couples: 0.8% of all households
• Gay men: 1.0% of all households

This city:	7.3%
Whole state:	15.4%

This city:	5.4%
Whole state:	6.7%

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8.72% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($47,667 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	8.72%
Texas average:	8.37%

0.15% of residents moved from foreign countries ($410 average AGI)

Galveston County:	0.15%
Texas average:	0.20%

from Harris County, TX	3.66% ($51,807 average AGI)
from Brazoria County, TX	0.57% ($45,088)
from Orleans Parish, LA	0.19% ($23,108)

7.85% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($46,693 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.85%
Texas average:	7.44%

0.08% of residents moved to foreign countries ($435 average AGI)

Galveston County:	0.08%
Texas average:	0.11%

to Harris County, TX	3.05% ($42,474 average AGI)
to Brazoria County, TX	0.62% ($49,049)
to Montgomery County, TX	0.18% ($58,198)