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Corpus Christi city, Texas: commercial real estate data.
Corpus Christi city is a Census city of 317,419 people across 166.43 square miles of land, lying across Nueces County and Kleberg County. Median household income is $67,394, 57.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 161 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $117.2 m.
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Corpus Christi
What Corpus Christi is
- Census place typecity
- Land area166.43 sq mi
- Water area328.7 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,907
- County holding the largest share of its areaNueces County, 95.7 percent
- Counties this place lies inNueces County 95.7 percent, Kleberg County 2.4 percent
Corpus Christi 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.
Corpus Christi
How many people live in Corpus Christi
- Population317,419
- Median age36.9
- Population under 1874,413
- Share under 1823.4 percent
- Population 65 and over49,555
- Share 65 and over15.6 percent
- Households118,741
- Family households79,976
- Share of households that are families67.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Corpus Christi
- Median household income$67,394
- Per capita income$34,788
- Civilian labor force153,656
- Employed145,853
- Unemployed7,803
- Unemployment rate5.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over211,031
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher85.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher24.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree8.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Corpus Christi
- Housing units136,279
- Occupied units118,741
- Vacant units17,538
- Vacancy rate12.9 percent
- Owner occupied68,774
- Renter occupied49,967
- Ownership rate57.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$210,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,292
- Annual rent as a share of median income23.0 percent
- Single family units90,639
- Share single family66.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more41,016
- Share in buildings of two or more30.1 percent
- Mobile homes4,449
- Median year structure built1982
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Corpus Christi gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute138,276
- Commuting under 15 minutes39,471
- Share commuting under 15 minutes28.5 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more25,162
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more18.2 percent
- Drove alone80.3 percent
- Carpooled10.3 percent
- Public transport1.2 percent plus or minus 0.3
- Walked1.3 percent
- Worked from home5.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Corpus Christi (7(a))
- Approvals161
- Gross approval$117,235,400
- Average approval$728,170
- Median approval$258,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,209,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported1,856
- Jobs per approval11.5
- Loans with a final outcome19
- Paid in full18
- Charged off1
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans5.3 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more20.5 percent
- Share to franchises18.6 percent
- Distinct lenders50
- Distinct industries by NAICS80
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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SBA loans in Corpus Christi (504)
- Approvals46
- Gross approval$36,463,000
- Average approval$792,674
- Median approval$515,000
- Largest approval$4,601,000
- Jobs supported413
- Loans with a final outcome17
- Charged off2
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans11.8 percent
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs6
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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Flood risk in Corpus Christi
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- Best Community Rating System classClass 7
- NFIP community number485464
- Currently effective map date10/13/22
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Nueces County, not Corpus Christi
Nueces County context, not Corpus Christi figures
These are Nueces County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Corpus Christi measurements.
- Establishments in Nueces County8,111
- Employment at those establishments, Nueces County134,586
- Covered employment, Nueces County163,763
- Average annual pay, Nueces County$60,476
- Average weekly wage, Nueces County$1,163
- Housing units permitted, Nueces County1,645
- Of those, single family, Nueces County1,523
- County product, 2024, Nueces County$27,851,611,000
- County product change over the prior year, Nueces County3.8 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Nueces County$66,629
Every figure in this section is published for Nueces County as a whole and is not a measurement of Corpus Christi. 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
Corpus Christi questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Corpus Christi, Texas?
317,419, in 118,741 households. Corpus Christi city covers 166.43 square miles of land, which is 1,907 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Corpus Christi in?
Corpus Christi lies in more than one. By area it is 95.7 percent in Nueces County, 2.4 percent in Kleberg County. This page sits under Nueces 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 Corpus Christi?
$67,394. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $210,400. Median gross rent is $1,292 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Corpus Christi businesses?
161 7(a) approvals totalling $117.2 m, across 50 lenders, median approval $258,000, plus 46 504 approvals worth $36.5 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Corpus Christi, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Corpus Christi borrowers get paid back?
Of the 19 loans that have reached a final outcome, 18 were paid in full and 1 charged off, a charge off rate of 5.3 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Corpus Christi in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Corpus Christi appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 485464, 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 Corpus Christi figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Nueces 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 Corpus Christi.
Is zoning published for Corpus Christi?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.