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Port Arthur, TX vs Surfside Beach, TX

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Highlights
- Household income in Surfside Beach, is 84% more than it is in Port Arthur and is 13% above the National Average.
- Port Arthur unemployment rate is 16.1%.
- Surfside Beach unemployment rate is 8.4%.
 Port Arthur, TXSurfside Beach, TXUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock8.4%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock3.1%1.6%
 Future Job Growth14.2%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes8.3%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock0.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$22,557  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$79,118$69,021
 Family Median Income$49,864  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Port Arthur, TXSurfside Beach, TXUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock9.7%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K5.6%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock5.6%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K10.1%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock6.9%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K10.5%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock5.0%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K9.5%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock18.3%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K3.7%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock3.1%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Port Arthur, TXSurfside Beach, TXUnited States
 Management, business, finance8.5%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock4.2%6.5%
 Community, social services1.2%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock2.7%1.2%
 Education, library3.6%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock6.5%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology4.0%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock0.0%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement5.3%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock5.7%5.4%
 Building maintenance6.5%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock3.6%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support15.7%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock3.0%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair18.9%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock18.2%13.1%
Reviews for Port Arthur    9 Reviews

Port arthur and surrounding areas CONS: hot and very humid summers cant go outside during summer hungry mosquitos chase you. Most pdople on the road especially with  More

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Over 10 years ago

Seattle, here we  More

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Over 11 years ago

I live in the Port Acres area of Port Arthur and I like the rural area very much. I do have to wonder what kind of hallucinogenic drugs he had used prior to writing his  More

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