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Galveston city, Texas: commercial real estate data.
Galveston city is a Census city of 53,424 people across 41.04 square miles of land, in Galveston County. Median household income is $55,631, 46.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 35 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $34.9 m.
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Galveston
What Galveston is
- Census place typecity
- Land area41.04 sq mi
- Water area170.27 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,302
- County holding the largest share of its areaGalveston County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Galveston
How many people live in Galveston
- Population53,424
- Median age41.5
- Population under 187,878
- Share under 1814.7 percent
- Population 65 and over11,180
- Share 65 and over20.9 percent
- Households25,198
- Family households12,585
- Share of households that are families49.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Galveston
Income and work in Galveston
- Median household income$55,631
- Per capita income$40,926
- Civilian labor force26,149
- Employed24,645
- Unemployed1,504 plus or minus 369
- Unemployment rate5.8 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Adults 25 and over39,388
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher88.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher36.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree15.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Galveston
Housing in Galveston
- Housing units35,776
- Occupied units25,198
- Vacant units10,578
- Vacancy rate29.6 percent
- Owner occupied11,654
- Renter occupied13,544
- Ownership rate46.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$326,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,298
- Annual rent as a share of median income28.0 percent
- Single family units20,885
- Share single family58.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more14,720
- Share in buildings of two or more41.1 percent
- Mobile homes171 plus or minus 82
- Median year structure built1973
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Galveston
How Galveston gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute21,191
- Commuting under 15 minutes9,623
- Share commuting under 15 minutes45.4 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more4,503
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more21.2 percent
- Drove alone69.1 percent
- Carpooled7.9 percent
- Public transport0.3 percent plus or minus 0.2
- Walked5.4 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Worked from home12.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Galveston
SBA loans in Galveston (7(a))
- Approvals35
- Gross approval$34,901,700
- Average approval$997,191
- Median approval$300,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$4,359,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported326
- Jobs per approval9.3
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Paid in full3
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more34.3 percent
- Share to franchises25.7 percent
- Distinct lenders21
- Distinct industries by NAICS25
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 3 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Galveston
SBA loans in Galveston (504)
- Approvals15
- Gross approval$11,402,000
- Average approval$760,133
- Median approval$453,000
- Largest approval$2,155,000
- Jobs supported183
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs6
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Galveston
Flood risk in Galveston
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- Best Community Rating System classClass 5
- NFIP community number485469
- Currently effective map date08/15/19
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Galveston County, not Galveston
Galveston County context, not Galveston figures
These are Galveston County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Galveston measurements.
- Establishments in Galveston County6,597
- Employment at those establishments, Galveston County95,225
- Covered employment, Galveston County122,734
- Average annual pay, Galveston County$62,650
- Average weekly wage, Galveston County$1,205
- Housing units permitted, Galveston County3,148
- Of those, single family, Galveston County3,148
- County product, 2024, Galveston County$26,336,617,000
- County product change over the prior year, Galveston County1.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Galveston County$77,613
Every figure in this section is published for Galveston County as a whole and is not a measurement of Galveston. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Galveston questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Galveston, Texas?
53,424, in 25,198 households. Galveston city covers 41.04 square miles of land, which is 1,302 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Galveston in?
Galveston County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Galveston?
$55,631. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $326,000. Median gross rent is $1,298 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Galveston businesses?
35 7(a) approvals totalling $34.9 m, across 21 lenders, median approval $300,000, plus 15 504 approvals worth $11.4 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Galveston, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Galveston borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Galveston. only 3 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Galveston in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Galveston appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 485469, carrying Community Rating System class 5, which is a premium discount for exceeding the programme minimum. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Galveston figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Galveston County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Galveston.
Is zoning published for Galveston?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.