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Population (year 2000): 13,601. Estimated
population in July 2005: 13,131 (-3.5% change)
Males: 6,679 (49.1%), Females: 6,922 (50.9%)
Jefferson County
Zip code:
77651
Median resident age: 38.4 years
Median household income: $47,523 (year 2000)
Median house value: $79,600 (year 2000)
Races in Port Neches:
- White Non-Hispanic (91.2%)
- Hispanic (5.1%)
- Other race (1.2%)
- Two or more races (1.1%)
- Black (0.9%)
- American Indian (0.9%)
- Vietnamese (0.6%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: French (16.8%), English (11.1%),
Irish (10.5%), German (10.2%), United States (9.5%), French
Canadian (7.2%).
Land area: 9.1 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Port Neches
- High school or higher: 88.2%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 20.6%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.7%
- Unemployed: 3.6%
- Mean travel time to work: 18.8 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Port Neches city
- Never married: 18.3%
- Now married: 63.5%
- Separated: 1.1%
- Widowed: 6.5%
- Divorced: 10.6%
1.8% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -10 (-0.1%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Port Neches:
- MID-JEFFERSON HOSPITAL (about 3 miles; NEDERLAND,
TX)
- DOCTORS HOSPITAL (about 4 miles; GROVES, TX)
- CHRISTUS ST MARY HOSPITAL (about 5 miles; PORT
ARTHUR, TX)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Port
Neches:
- SOUTHEAST TEXAS REGIONAL (about 5 miles;
BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR, TX; ID: BPT)
- LAKE CHARLES REGIONAL (about 53 miles; LAKE CHARLES,
LA; ID: LCH)
- CHENNAULT INTL (about 60 miles; LAKE CHARLES, LA;
ID: CWF)
Other public-use airports nearest to Port Neches:
- ORANGE COUNTY (about 13 miles; ORANGE, TX; ID: ORG)
- BEAUMONT MUNI (about 18 miles; BEAUMONT, TX; ID:
BMT)
- HAWTHORNE FIELD (about 32 miles; KOUNTZE/SILSBEE,
TX; ID: 45R)
Amtrak station near Port Neches:
- 14 miles: BEAUMONT (2555 W. CEDAR ST.). Services:
partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area,
public restrooms, public payphones, free short-term
parking, free long-term parking, call for taxi service.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Port Neches:
- LAMAR UNIVERSITY-BEAUMONT (about 11 miles; BEAUMONT,
TX; Full-time enrollment: 8,888)
- MCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 48 miles; LAKE
CHARLES, LA; FT enrollment: 6,460)
- LEE COLLEGE (about 70 miles; BAYTOWN, TX; FT
enrollment: 3,099)
- UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON-CLEAR LAKE (about 85 miles;
HOUSTON, TX; FT enrollment: 4,735)
- SAN JACINTO COLLEGE-NORTH CAMPUS (about 85 miles;
HOUSTON, TX; FT enrollment: 2,819)
- SAN JACINTO COLLEGE-CENTRAL CAMPUS (about 86 miles;
PASADENA, TX; FT enrollment: 6,102)
- SAN JACINTO COLLEGE-SOUTH CAMPUS (about 92 miles;
HOUSTON, TX; FT enrollment: 3,513)
Public high school in Port Neches:
- PORT NECHES-GROVES H S (Students: 1,511;
Location: 1401 MERRIMAN ST; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Port Neches:
- PORT NECHES MIDDLE (Students: 547; Location:
2031 LLANO ST; Grades: 06 - 08)
- RIDGEWOOD EL (Students: 357; Location: 2820
MERRIMAN ST; Grades: KG - 03)
- PORT NECHES EL (Students: 325; Location: 2101
LLANO ST; Grades: 04 - 05)
- WOODCREST EL (Students: 274; Location: 1522
HEISLER ST; Grades: KG - 03)
- ALTER SCH (Students: 11; Location: 1810 PORT
NECHES AVE; Grades: 06 - 12)
Library in Port Neches:
- EFFIE & WILTON HEBERT PUBLIC LIBRARY
(Operating income: $383,997; Location: 2025 MERRIMAN ST;
56,538 books; 936 audio materials; 1,457 video
materials; 90 serial subscriptions)
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