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Jamaica Beach city, Texas: commercial real estate data.
Jamaica Beach city is a Census city of 967 people across 0.58 square miles of land, in Galveston County. Median household income is $94,318, 97.1 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Jamaica Beach
What Jamaica Beach is
- Census place typecity
- Land area0.58 sq mi
- Water area0.14 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,665 plus or minus 530
- 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.
Jamaica Beach
How many people live in Jamaica Beach
- Population967 plus or minus 308
- Median age63.3
- Population under 1871 plus or minus 43
- Share under 187.3 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Population 65 and over420 plus or minus 150
- Share 65 and over43.4 percent
- Households592 plus or minus 195
- Family households301 plus or minus 108
- Share of households that are families50.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Jamaica Beach
Income and work in Jamaica Beach
- Median household income$94,318 plus or minus $29,107
- Per capita income$82,573 plus or minus $18,652
- Civilian labor force472 plus or minus 182
- Employed403 plus or minus 145
- Unemployed69 plus or minus 98
- Unemployment rate14.6 percent plus or minus 20.0
- Adults 25 and over896 plus or minus 269
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher97.9 percent plus or minus 38.0
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher57.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree26.1 percent plus or minus 11.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Jamaica Beach
Housing in Jamaica Beach
- Housing units1,452
- Occupied units592 plus or minus 195
- Vacant units860
- Vacancy rate59.2 percent
- Owner occupied575 plus or minus 185
- Renter occupied17 plus or minus 27
- Ownership rate97.1 percent plus or minus 44.7
- Median owner-occupied home value$333,500 plus or minus $82,720
- Single family units1,444
- Share single family99.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more0
- Share in buildings of two or more0.0 percent
- Mobile homes8 plus or minus 14
- Median year structure built1979
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Jamaica Beach
How Jamaica Beach gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute245 plus or minus 93
- Commuting under 15 minutes36 plus or minus 34
- Share commuting under 15 minutes14.7 percent plus or minus 12.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more124 plus or minus 65
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more50.6 percent plus or minus 18.5
- Drove alone59.2 percent
- Carpooled0.0 percent
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home40.8 percent plus or minus 24.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Jamaica Beach
Flood risk in Jamaica Beach
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- Best Community Rating System classClass 7
- NFIP community number481271
- Currently effective map date08/15/19
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Galveston County, not Jamaica Beach
Galveston County context, not Jamaica Beach 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 Jamaica Beach 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 Jamaica Beach. 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.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- No median gross rent is published for this place.
- 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
Jamaica Beach questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Jamaica Beach, Texas?
967, in 592 households. Jamaica Beach city covers 0.58 square miles of land, which is 1,665 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Jamaica Beach 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 Jamaica Beach?
$94,318. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $333,500. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Is Jamaica Beach in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Jamaica Beach appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 481271, carrying Community Rating System class 7, 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 Jamaica Beach 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 Jamaica Beach.
Is zoning published for Jamaica Beach?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.