Chambers County, Texas (TX)

• 
• • 27,83166.2%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 9,60722.9%Hispanic or Latino
  • 3,0997.4%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 9302.2%Two or more races
  • 4961.2%Asian alone
  • 680.2%American Indian and Alaska Native alone

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $243,664

Here:	$243,664
State:	$268,991

Townhouses or other attached units: $213,987

Here:	$213,987
State:	$268,635

Mobile homes: $72,565

Here:	$72,565
State:	$94,014

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $11,119

Here:	$11,119
State:	$52,538

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 1
• Robberies: 4
• Assaults: 49
• Burglaries: 249
• Thefts: 269
• Auto thefts: 31

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 2
• Rapes: 0
• Robberies: 8
• Assaults: 45
• Burglaries: 232
• Thefts: 276
• Auto thefts: 51

Health of residents in Chambers County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2013 to 2019:

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $3,878 (1.5%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $2,037 (1.1%)

Area name: Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Chambers County is $612 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $743 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $990 a month.

Cities in this county include: Winnie, Mont Belvieu, Anahuac, Beach City, Stowell, Old River-Winfree, Oak Island, Cove.

Neighboring counties: Cameron Parish, Louisiana , Franklin County, Florida , Lafayette Parish, Louisiana , Marion County, Florida , St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana , Fort Bend County .

Current college students: 942
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 89.3%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 23.4%

Number of foreign born residents: 3,280 (35.1% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 5982010 or later
• 9612000 to 2009
• 7211990 to 1999
• 2841980 to 1989
• 2021970 to 1979
• 127Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 25.7 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 39.8%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 12,237
• One, attached: 238
• Two: 56
• 3 or 4: 123
• 5 to 9: 171
• 10 to 19: 337
• 20 to 49: 165
• 50 or more: 227
• Mobile homes: 2,506
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 51

Housing units in Chambers County with a mortgage: 6,827 (75 second mortgage, 154 home equity loan, 39 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 5,175

Religion statistics for Chambers County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Chambers County:

Tornado activity:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Texas Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4485, Natural disaster type: Other
• Texas Tropical Storm Imeda, Incident Period: September 17, 2019 - September 23, 2019, FEMA Id: 4466, Natural disaster type: Tropical Storm
• Texas Hurricane Harvey, Incident Period: August 23, 2017 - September 15, 2017, FEMA Id: 4332, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Texas Hurricane Ike, Incident Period: September 07, 2008 to October 02, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1791: September 13, 2008, FEMA Id: 1791, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Texas Hurricane Ike, Incident Period: September 07, 2008 to September 26, 2008, Emergency Declared EM-3294: September 10, 2008, FEMA Id: 3294, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Texas Hurricane Gustav, Incident Period: August 27, 2008 to September 07, 2008, Emergency Declared EM-3290: August 29, 2008, FEMA Id: 3290, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Texas Hurricane Dean, Incident Period: August 17, 2007 to September 05, 2007, Emergency Declared EM-3277: August 18, 2007, FEMA Id: 3277, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Texas Hurricane Rita, Incident Period: September 23, 2005 to October 14, 2005, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1606: September 24, 2005, FEMA Id: 1606, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Texas Hurricane Rita, Incident Period: September 20, 2005 to October 14, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3261: September 21, 2005, FEMA Id: 3261, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Texas Hurricane Katrina, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3216: September 02, 2005, FEMA Id: 3216, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• 6 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

10.52% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($65,448 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
9.26% relocated from other counties in Texas ($58,534 average AGI)
1.25% relocated from other states ($6,914 average AGI)

Chambers County:	1.25%
Texas average:	2.52%

from Harris County, TX	5.79% ($70,158 average AGI)
from Liberty County, TX	0.68% ($62,784)
from Jefferson County, TX	0.68% ($54,564)
from Galveston County, TX	0.22% ($68,909)
from Montgomery County, TX	0.18% ($62,481)
from Brazoria County, TX	0.14% ($77,238)

9.39% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($61,451 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
8.26% relocated to other counties in Texas ($54,006 average AGI)
1.13% relocated to other states ($7,445 average AGI)

Chambers County:	1.13%
Texas average:	2.32%

to Harris County, TX	4.80% ($59,956 average AGI)
to Liberty County, TX	0.93% ($59,226)
to Jefferson County, TX	0.54% ($55,304)
to Galveston County, TX	0.33% ($74,714)
to Montgomery County, TX	0.14% ($70,524)
to Brazoria County, TX	0.14% ($72,381)
to Orange County, TX	0.14% ($70,050)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.6
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 12.8

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 7.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 7.2
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 6.9

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 8.5
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 7.2

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Chambers County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 15%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 15%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 7,527 (1,319 living alone), Female householders: 6,967 (1,321 living alone)

• 9,239 spouses (9,191 opposite-sex spouses), 920 unmarried partners, (920 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 14,661 children (13,803 natural, 133 adopted, 717 stepchildren), 1,373 grandchildren, 241 brothers or sisters, 268 parents, 0 foster children, 511 other relatives, 357 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 269

Size of family households: 4,242 2-persons, 2,334 3-persons, 2,814 4-persons, 1,526 5-persons, 372 6-persons, 256 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,641 1-person, 250 2-persons, 5 3-persons.

7,837 married couples with children.
2,524 single-parent households (813 men, 1,711 women).

81.9% of residents of Chambers speak English at home.
15.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (70% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (55% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 28% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $154,061,000 ($5,458 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $42,365,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $37,737,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $26,277,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $10,569,000
Federal grants: $33,584,000
Federal procurement contracts: $42,552,000 ($41,390,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $3,343,000 ($127,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $81,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $12,898,000
Federal Government insurance: $275,652,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 2.53 millions of gallons per day (67% from ground, 33% from surface)

• Year house built in Chambers County, Texas
• 2,5382014 or later
• 1,2582010 to 2013
• 4,5442000 to 2009
• 2,5151990 to 1999
• 1,7661980 to 1989
• 1,8961970 to 1979
• 9581960 to 1969
• 4441950 to 1959
• 3161940 to 1949
• 3831939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Chambers County, Texas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Chambers County, Texas
• 21 room
• 662 rooms
• 2333 rooms
• 7264 rooms
• 2,2915 rooms
• 2,6586 rooms
• 2,2627 rooms
• 1,4078 rooms
• 2,3589+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Chambers County, Texas
• 21 room
• 182 rooms
• 4023 rooms
• 7924 rooms
• 7735 rooms
• 716 rooms
• 2077 rooms
• 128 rooms
• 1399+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Chambers County, Texas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Chambers County, Texas
• 2no bedroom
• 1231 bedroom
• 1,0682 bedrooms
• 6,0763 bedrooms
• 3,9174 bedrooms
• 8435+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Chambers County, Texas
• 2no bedroom
• 4401 bedroom
• 1,0432 bedrooms
• 8293 bedrooms
• 1184 bedrooms
• 195+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Chambers County, Texas in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Chambers County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 256no vehicle
• 2,3501 vehicle
• 4,9742 vehicles
• 2,9333 vehicles
• 1,0484 vehicles
• 4845+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Chambers County in renter-occupied apartments
• 222no vehicle
• 1,1961 vehicle
• 8792 vehicles
• 1633 vehicles
• 144 vehicles
• 05+ vehicles

91.8% of Chambers County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 15% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 71% lived in Texas.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 30,090
• Other state: 8,646
• Northeast: 437
• Midwest: 2,329
• South: 4,535
• West: 1,312

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 482
• Number of aged recipients: 71
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 411
• Number of recipients under 18: 80
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 295
• Number of recipients older than 64: 107
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 173
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 214