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Population (year 2000): 781. Estimated
population in July 2005: 736 (-5.8% change)
Males: 379 (48.5%), Females: 402 (51.5%)
Calhoun County
Zip code:
77978
Median resident age: 33.1 years
Median household income: $44,500 (year 2000)
Median house value: $46,300 (year 2000)
Races in Point Comfort:
- White Non-Hispanic (75.2%)
- Hispanic (19.6%)
- Other race (5.9%)
- Chinese (1.8%)
- Two or more races (1.7%)
- Black (1.4%)
- American Indian (0.9%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (15.5%), United States
(14.1%), Irish (11.9%), Czech (8.2%), English (4.4%), French
(2.8%).
Land area: 1.3 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Point Comfort
- High school or higher: 83.8%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 8.0%
- Graduate or professional degree: 2.4%
- Unemployed: 6.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 15.3 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Point Comfort city
- Never married: 13.9%
- Now married: 68.8%
- Separated: 2.2%
- Widowed: 6.7%
- Divorced: 8.5%
1.3% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -174 (-18.2%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Point Comfort:
- MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 7 miles; PORT LAVACA,
TX)
- JACKSON COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 22 miles; EDNA, TX)
- PALACIOS COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER (about 24 miles;
PALACIOS, TX)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Point Comfort:
- VICTORIA REGIONAL (about 28 miles; VICTORIA, TX; ID:
VCT)
- BRAZORIA COUNTY (about 83 miles; ANGLETON/LAKE
JACKSON, TX; ID: LBX)
- CORPUS CHRISTI INTL (about 91 miles; CORPUS CHRISTI,
TX; ID: CRP)
Other public-use airports nearest to Point Comfort:
- CALHOUN COUNTY (about 8 miles; PORT LAVACA, TX; ID:
T97)
- PALACIOS MUNI (about 22 miles; PALACIOS, TX; ID: PSX)
- JACKSON COUNTY (about 23 miles; EDNA, TX; ID: 26R)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Point Comfort:
- VICTORIA COLLEGE (about 32 miles; VICTORIA, TX;
Full-time enrollment: 2,511)
- WHARTON COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE (about 55 miles;
WHARTON, TX; FT enrollment: 3,124)
- COASTAL BEND COLLEGE (about 85 miles; BEEVILLE, TX;
FT enrollment: 2,150)
- DEL MAR COLLEGE (about 86 miles; CORPUS CHRISTI, TX;
FT enrollment: 5,454)
- TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY-CORPUS CHRISTI (about 87
miles; Corpus Christi, TX; FT enrollment: 5,282)
- HOUSTON BAPTIST UNIVERSITY (about 101 miles;
HOUSTON, TX; FT enrollment: 2,273)
- ALVIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 104 miles; ALVIN, TX;
FT enrollment: 2,094)
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