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Population (year 2000): 1,192. Estimated population in July 2006: 1,231 (+3.3% change)
 

Males: 609  (51.1%)
Females: 583  (48.9%)

Brazoria County

Median resident age:  33.4 years
Texas median age:  32.3 years

Zip codes: 77541.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $35,900 (it was $35,144 in 2000)
Oyster Creek  $35,900
Texas:  $42,139

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $63,500 (it was $47,200 in 2000)
Oyster Creek  $63,500
Texas:  $106,000

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Races in Oyster Creek:

  • White Non-Hispanic (75.9%)
  • Hispanic (16.9%)
  • Other race (5.3%)
  • Black (3.6%)
  • American Indian (2.9%)
  • Two or more races (2.1%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

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Ancestries: United States (12.6%), Irish (12.2%), German (12.0%), English (7.0%), French (1.6%), French Canadian (1.3%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Land area: 1.89 square miles.

Population density: 647 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Oyster Creek

  • High school or higher: 66.2%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 4.9%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 1.9%
  • Unemployed: 6.9%
  • Mean travel time to work: 22.3 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Oyster Creek city

  • Never married: 17.0%
  • Now married: 59.6%
  • Separated: 2.5%
  • Widowed: 6.1%
  • Divorced: 14.8%

55 residents are foreign born (3.4% Latin America, 0.8% Europe).

This city:  4.6%
Texas:  13.9%



According to our research there were 7 registered sex offenders living in Oyster Creek, Texas in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Oyster Creek to the number of sex offenders is 175 to 1.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Oyster Creek:  1.4% ($678)
Texas:  1.7% ($1,393)

Oyster Creek satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Brazosport, TX (3.3 miles , pop. 59,653).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Houston, TX (53.0 miles , pop. 1,953,631).

Nearest cities: Brazosport, TX (3.3 miles ), Freeport, TX (3.5 miles ), Surfside Beach, TX (4.3 miles ), Quintana, TX (5.1 miles) , Clute, TX (5.1 miles ), Richwood, TX (7.4 miles ), Lake Jackson, TX (8.2 miles ), Jones Creek, TX (10.4 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 2 buildings, average cost: $57,000
  • 1997: 3 buildings, average cost: $62,200
  • 1998: 3 buildings, average cost: $78,300
  • 1999: 5 buildings, average cost: $85,300
  • 2000: 2 buildings, average cost: $51,000
  • 2001: 0 buildings
  • 2002: 8 buildings, average cost: $65,800
  • 2003: 0 buildings
  • 2004: 2 buildings, average cost: $84,000
  • 2005: 5 buildings, average cost: $119,400
  • 2006: 3 buildings, average cost: $111,700
  • 2007: 1 building, cost: $120,000

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Latitude: 29.00 N, Longitude: 95.33 W


32 people in other noninstitutional group quarters

Area code commonly used in this area: 979

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Population change in the 1990s: +147 (+14.1%).



Most common industries for males:
  • Construction (32%)
  • Chemicals (11%)
  • Truck transportation (7%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
  • Repair and maintenance (5%)
  • Rail transportation (3%)
  • Mining (3%)


Most common industries for females:
  • Accommodation and food services (16%)
  • Educational services (11%)
  • Finance and insurance (9%)
  • Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
  • Public administration (6%)
  • Computer and electronic products (4%)
  • Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)


Most common occupations for males
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (13%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (10%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Supervisors, construction and extraction workers (5%)
  • Electricians (5%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)


Most common occupations for females
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
  • Cashiers (7%)
  • Waiters and waitresses (7%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)


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Crime in Oyster Creek by Year
Type 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Murders 000000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.00.00.0
Rapes 000110
    per 100,000 0.00.00.079.379.50.0
Robberies 001000
    per 100,000 0.00.080.00.00.00.0
Assaults 43231116
    per 100,000 328.1241.0160.0237.9874.41267.8
Burglaries 20179122526
    per 100,000 1640.71365.5720.0951.61987.32060.2
Thefts 385335251928
    per 100,000 3117.34257.02800.01982.61510.32218.7
Auto thefts 121034
    per 100,000 82.0160.680.00.0238.5317.0
Arson 000000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.00.00.0
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 239.8) 311.7326.9224.8256.9457.1511.9

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 9 (6 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  4.90
US city average:  3.00

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Oyster Creek-area historical tornado activity is slightly below Texas state average. It is 57% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/18/1966, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 9.9 miles away from the Oyster Creek city center .

On 9/12/1961, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 43.6 miles away from the city center killed 8 people and injured 200 people.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Oyster Creek:
  • BRAZOSPORT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 10 miles; LAKE JACKSON, TX)
  • ANGLETON-DANBURY MEDICAL CENTER (about 15 miles; ANGLETON, TX)
  • SWEENY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 28 miles; SWEENY, TX)

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Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Oyster Creek:
  • BRAZORIA COUNTY (about 12 miles; ANGLETON/LAKE JACKSON, TX; ID: LBX)
  • ELLINGTON FIELD (about 44 miles; HOUSTON, TX; ID: EFD)
  • WILLIAM P HOBBY (about 44 miles; HOUSTON, TX; ID: HOU)
Other public-use airports nearest to Oyster Creek:
  • BAILES (about 13 miles; ANGLETON, TX; ID: 7R9)
  • CAMERON (about 14 miles; ANGLETON, TX; ID: T34)
  • FLYIN TIGER (about 19 miles; ANGLETON, TX; ID: 81D)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Oyster Creek:
  • ALVIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 29 miles; ALVIN, TX; Full-time enrollment: 2,094)
  • SAN JACINTO COLLEGE-SOUTH CAMPUS (about 42 miles; HOUSTON, TX; FT enrollment: 3,513)
  • UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON-CLEAR LAKE (about 43 miles; HOUSTON, TX; FT enrollment: 4,735)
  • SAN JACINTO COLLEGE-CENTRAL CAMPUS (about 47 miles; PASADENA, TX; FT enrollment: 6,102)
  • HOUSTON BAPTIST UNIVERSITY (about 50 miles; HOUSTON, TX; FT enrollment: 2,273)
  • RICE UNIVERSITY (about 50 miles; HOUSTON, TX; FT enrollment: 4,158)
  • UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON-UNIVERSITY PARK (about 51 miles; HOUSTON, TX; FT enrollment: 25,479)

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Average household size:
This city:  2.6 people
Texas:  2.7 people

Percentage of family households:
This city:  69.1%
Whole state:  71.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This city:  6.4%
Whole state:  4.4%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.0% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  19.2%
Whole state:  15.4%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  9.9%
Whole state:  6.7%

Oyster Creek compared to Texas state average:
  • Median house value below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Median age below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Length of stay since moving in below state average.
  • Number of rooms per house below state average.
  • House age significantly below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


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Local government employment and payroll (March 2006)
Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Other Government Administration 1$2,291$27,4920$0
Financial Administration 1$3,146$37,7520$0
Streets and Highways 1$1,506$18,0720$0
Water Supply 2$3,609$21,6540$0
Natural Resources 1$1,625$19,5000$0
Parks and Recreation 1$1,583$18,9960$0
Sewerage 2$6,441$38,6460$0
Police - Other 4$8,723$26,1693$1,069
Police Protection - Officers 4$12,651$37,9533$3,620
Judicial and Legal 0$0 2$680
Totals for Government 17$41,575$29,3478$5,369


Oyster Creek government finances in 2002:
  • Charges - Sewerage: $241,000
  • Current Operations - Police Protection: $348,000
    Sewerage: $206,000
    Financial Administration: $203,000
    Water Utilities: $157,000
    Regular Highways: $101,000
    Parks & Recreation: $49,000
    Solid Waste Management: $8,000
    Fire Protection: $6,000
  • General - Interest on Debt: $1,000
  • Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $1,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $835,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $20,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $6,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $805,000
  • Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $30,000
    Other, NEC: $14,000
  • Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $87,000
    General Revenue, NEC: $4,000
  • Other Capital Outlay - Sewerage: $35,000
    Regular Highways: $26,000
    Water Utilities: $19,000
    Police Protection: $7,000
    Financial Administration: $1,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $680,000
  • Revenue - Water Utilities: $93,000
  • Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $107,000
  • State Intergovernmental - All Other: $1,000
  • Tax - Public Utilities: $683,000
    Property: $187,000
    Total General Sales: $141,000
    NEC: $4,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $450,000
  • Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $50,000

9.61% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($50,420 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  9.61%
Texas average:  8.37%

0.07% of residents moved from foreign countries ($288 average AGI)
Brazoria County:  0.07%
Texas average:  0.20%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Harris County, TX  4.14% ($53,300 average AGI)
from Galveston County, TX  0.65% ($49,049)
from Fort Bend County, TX  0.51% ($53,705)


7.34% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($47,642 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  7.34%
Texas average:  7.44%

0.07% of residents moved to foreign countries ($528 average AGI)
Brazoria County:  0.07%
Texas average:  0.11%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Harris County, TX  2.63% ($42,309 average AGI)
to Galveston County, TX  0.62% ($45,088)
to Fort Bend County, TX  0.40% ($49,282)


Strongest AM radio stations in Oyster Creek:
  • KBRZ (1460 AM; 1 kW; FREEPORT, TX; Owner: ALELUYA CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KILE (1560 AM; 50 kW; BELLAIRE, TX; Owner: THE RAFTT CORPORATION)
  • KTRH (740 AM; 50 kW; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: AMFM TEXAS LICENSES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KGOL (1180 AM; 50 kW; HUMBLE, TX; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
  • KEYH (850 AM; 10 kW; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: LIBERMAN BROADCASTING OF HOUSTON LICENSE CORP.)
  • KYST (920 AM; 5 kW; TEXAS CITY, TX; Owner: HISPANIC BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KTEK (1110 AM; daytime; 3 kW; ALVIN, TX; Owner: SOUTH TEXAS BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KSEV (700 AM; 15 kW; TOMBALL, TX; Owner: LIBERMAN BROADCASTING OF HOUSTON LICENSE CORP.)
  • KLAT (1010 AM; 10 kW; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: TICHENOR LICENSE CORPORATION ("TLC"))
  • KCTA (1030 AM; 50 kW; CORPUS CHRISTI, TX; Owner: BROADCASTING CORPORATION OF THE SOUTHWEST)
  • KRTX (980 AM; 5 kW; ROSENBURG/RICHMOND, TX)
  • KKHT (1070 AM; 10 kW; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: SOUTH TEXAS BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KILT (610 AM; 5 kW; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: TEXAS INFINITY BROADCASTING L.P.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Oyster Creek:
  • K201FA (88.1 FM; FREEPORT, TX; Owner: PAULINO BERNAL EVANGELISM)
  • KYBJ (91.1 FM; LAKE JACKSON, TX; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION OF BRAZOSPORT, INC)
  • K216BX (91.1 FM; LAKE JACKSON, TX; Owner: KSBJ EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION)
  • KLDE (107.5 FM; LAKE JACKSON, TX; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
  • KOVE-FM (106.5 FM; GALVESTON, TX; Owner: HBC LICENSE CORPORATION)
  • KRTS (92.1 FM; SEABROOK, TX; Owner: KRTS, INC.)
  • KJOJ-FM (103.3 FM; FREEPORT, TX; Owner: LIBERMAN BROADCASTING OF HOUSTON LICENSE CORP.)
  • KRBE (104.1 FM; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: KRBE LICO, INC.)
  • KBXX (97.9 FM; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: RADIO ONE LICENSES, LLC)
  • KHJZ-FM (95.7 FM; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: TEXAS INFINITY BROADCASTING L.P.)
  • KHMX (96.5 FM; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KILT-FM (100.3 FM; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: TEXAS INFINITY BROADCASTING L.P.)
  • KKBQ-FM (92.9 FM; PASADENA, TX; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
  • KLOL (101.1 FM; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: AMFM TEXAS LICENSES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KODA (99.1 FM; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: AMFM TEXAS LICENSES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KTBZ-FM (94.5 FM; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: AMFM TEXAS LICENSES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KUHF (88.7 FM; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM)
  • KKRW (93.7 FM; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KHCB-FM (105.7 FM; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: HOUSTON CHRISTIAN BROADCASTERS, INC.)
  • KMJQ (102.1 FM; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: RADIO ONE LICENSES, LLC)

TV broadcast stations around Oyster Creek:
  • K30DN (Channel 30; FREEPORT, TX; Owner: GERALD R. PROCTOR)
  • KAZH (Channel 57; BAYTOWN, TX; Owner: KAZH LICENSE, LLC)
  • KLTJ (Channel 22; GALVESTON, TX; Owner: WORD OF GOD FELLOWSHIP, INC.)
  • KJIB-LP (Channel 5; CLEAR LAKE CITY, TX; Owner: FAR EASTERN TELECASTERS)
  • KTMD (Channel 48; GALVESTON, TX; Owner: TELEMUNDO OF TEXAS PARTNERSHIP, LP)
  • KHOU-TV (Channel 11; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: KHOU-TV, L.P.)
  • KPRC-TV (Channel 2; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: POST-NEWSWEEK STATIONS, HOUSTON, LP)
  • KNWS-TV (Channel 51; KATY, TX; Owner: JOHNSON BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KXLN-TV (Channel 45; ROSENBERG, TX; Owner: KXLN LICENSE PARTNERSHIP, L.P.)
  • KTBU (Channel 55; CONROE, TX; Owner: HUMANITY INTERESTED MEDIA, INC.)
  • KTXH (Channel 20; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: FOX TELEVISION STATIONS, INC.)
  • KHWB (Channel 39; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: KHWB, INC.)
  • KPXB (Channel 49; CONROE, TX; Owner: PAXSON HOUSTON LICENSE, INC.)
  • KZJL (Channel 61; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: KZJL LICENSE CORP.)
  • KETH (Channel 14; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: COMMUNITY EDUCATIONAL TV, INC.)
  • KFTH (Channel 67; ALVIN, TX; Owner: TELEFUTURA HOUSTON LLC)
  • KRIV (Channel 26; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: FOX TELEVISION STATIONS, INC.)
  • KTRK-TV (Channel 13; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: KTRK TELEVISION, INC.)
  • KUHT (Channel 8; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM)
  • KVDO-LP (Channel 69; CLEAR LAKE, TX; Owner: FAR EASTERN TELECASTERS)
  • KBPX-LP (Channel 33; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS LPTV, INC.)
  • KHMV-LP (Channel 28; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: PAPPAS TELECASTING OF THE GULF COAST, A CALIFORNIA LP)
  • KVIT-LP (Channel 28; VICTORIA, TX; Owner: CLUB COMMUNICATIONS)

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