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Port Arthur city, Texas: commercial real estate data.
Port Arthur city is a Census city of 55,828 people across 75.55 square miles of land, lying across Jefferson County and Orange County. Median household income is $46,354, 58.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 24 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $36.4 m.
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Port Arthur
What Port Arthur is
- Census place typecity
- Land area75.55 sq mi
- Water area47.19 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land739
- County holding the largest share of its areaJefferson County, 91.2 percent
- Counties this place lies inJefferson County 91.2 percent, Orange County 8.8 percent
Port Arthur city crosses a county line. The split above is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries, by area, so it says where the ground is and not where the town hall is.
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Port Arthur
How many people live in Port Arthur
- Population55,828
- Median age35.5
- Population under 1815,329
- Share under 1827.5 percent
- Population 65 and over8,280
- Share 65 and over14.8 percent
- Households21,630
- Family households13,627
- Share of households that are families63.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Port Arthur
Income and work in Port Arthur
- Median household income$46,354
- Per capita income$26,496
- Civilian labor force22,296
- Employed20,430
- Unemployed1,866
- Unemployment rate8.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over35,282
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher78.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher12.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.0 percent plus or minus 1.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Port Arthur
Housing in Port Arthur
- Housing units25,631
- Occupied units21,630
- Vacant units4,001
- Vacancy rate15.6 percent
- Owner occupied12,552
- Renter occupied9,078
- Ownership rate58.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$107,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,021
- Annual rent as a share of median income26.4 percent
- Single family units17,902
- Share single family69.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more7,331
- Share in buildings of two or more28.6 percent
- Mobile homes393 plus or minus 144
- Median year structure built1976
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Port Arthur
How Port Arthur gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute19,820
- Commuting under 15 minutes4,298
- Share commuting under 15 minutes21.7 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more5,375
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more27.1 percent
- Drove alone89.5 percent
- Carpooled7.4 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Public transport0.6 percent plus or minus 0.4
- Walked0.8 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Worked from home1.0 percent plus or minus 0.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Port Arthur
SBA loans in Port Arthur (7(a))
- Approvals24
- Gross approval$36,388,600
- Average approval$1,516,192
- Median approval$964,500
- Ninetieth percentile approval$3,680,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported427
- Jobs per approval17.8
- Loans with a final outcome6
- Paid in full5
- Charged off1
- Median term129 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more45.8 percent
- Share to franchises29.2 percent
- Distinct lenders16
- Distinct industries by NAICS19
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 6 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.
Port Arthur
SBA loans in Port Arthur (504)
- Approvals11
- Gross approval$9,764,000
- Average approval$887,636
- Median approval$1,051,000
- Largest approval$2,000,000
- Jobs supported114
- Loans with a final outcome4
- 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.
Port Arthur
Flood risk in Port Arthur
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- Best Community Rating System classClass 9
- NFIP community number485499
- Currently effective map date05/04/92
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Jefferson County, not Port Arthur
Jefferson County context, not Port Arthur figures
These are Jefferson County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Port Arthur measurements.
- Establishments in Jefferson County5,710
- Employment at those establishments, Jefferson County105,009
- Covered employment, Jefferson County124,861
- Average annual pay, Jefferson County$69,970
- Average weekly wage, Jefferson County$1,346
- Housing units permitted, Jefferson County356
- Of those, single family, Jefferson County336
- County product, 2024, Jefferson County$27,102,208,000
- County product change over the prior year, Jefferson County7.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Jefferson County$51,375
Every figure in this section is published for Jefferson County as a whole and is not a measurement of Port Arthur. 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
Port Arthur questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Port Arthur, Texas?
55,828, in 21,630 households. Port Arthur city covers 75.55 square miles of land, which is 739 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Port Arthur in?
Port Arthur lies in more than one. By area it is 91.2 percent in Jefferson County, 8.8 percent in Orange County. This page sits under Jefferson County because that county holds the largest share. The split is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries.
What is the median household income in Port Arthur?
$46,354. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $107,400. Median gross rent is $1,021 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Port Arthur businesses?
24 7(a) approvals totalling $36.4 m, across 16 lenders, median approval $964,500, plus 11 504 approvals worth $9.8 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Port Arthur, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Port Arthur borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Port Arthur. only 6 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 Port Arthur in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Port Arthur appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 485499, carrying Community Rating System class 9, 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 Port Arthur figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Jefferson 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 Port Arthur.
Is zoning published for Port Arthur?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.