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Corpus Christi, TX

Nueces County

City and county seat of Nueces County, Texas, United States.

Population
317,317 (2024)
Density
1,891 / sq mi
Land area
167.8 sq mi
Water area
325.1 sq mi
Elevation
26 ft
Founded
1839
Coordinates
27.7543, -97.1734

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Photos of Corpus Christi

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Climate

July average high
92°F
January average low
52°F
Annual rainfall
35.2 in
Annual snowfall
0.0 in
  1. 68° 52° Jan 1.8"
  2. 71° 56° Feb 1.7"
  3. 76° 62° Mar 2.4"
  4. 82° 68° Apr 2.5"
  5. 87° 75° May 3.6"
  6. 91° 79° Jun 3.6"
  7. 92° 80° Jul 2.6"
  8. 94° 80° Aug 2.0"
  9. 91° 77° Sep 6.2"
  10. 85° 71° Oct 4.7"
  11. 77° 61° Nov 2.7"
  12. 70° 54° Dec 1.5"

NOAA 1991–2020 normals from Corpus Christi Nas (14 km from the city center). Bars show average low to high temperature; the blue column is average rainfall.

How Corpus Christi ranks

Local facts

Median household income
$66,325
Median rent
$1,230 / mo
Median home value
$197,100
Median age
36.3
Unemployment
5.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher
24.3%
Poverty rate
17.5%
Renter-occupied homes
42.1%

Public schools

Public schools located in the city, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Staffing figures describe resources, not school quality.

Public schools
94
Students enrolled
54,036
Students per teacher
15.5 : 1
Free or reduced-price lunch
67.4%
Charter schools
10.6%
School districts serving the city
15

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Districts: Corpus Christi Isd, Flour Bluff Isd, Calallen Isd, Tuloso-Midway Isd, West Oso Isd

Health & wellbeing

CDC PLACES model-based estimates for adults (age-adjusted), not a count of diagnoses.

Adults with obesity
40.0%
No leisure-time physical activity
31.5%
Adults with diabetes
14.7%
Adults who smoke
13.8%
Frequent mental distress
17.2%
Sleeping under 7 hours
39.1%
Adults without health insurance
24.9%
Routine checkup in past year
73.1%

Parks, air & walkability

Residents within a 10-minute walk of a park
74.6%
Share of city that is parkland
6.4%
EPA walkability index (1-20)
6.0
Median air quality index (county)
53
Unhealthy air days (county)
8

Internet & commuting

Households with broadband
88.8%
Households with no internet
8.9%
Average commute
20.8 min
Work from home
4.8%
Commute by transit
1.1%
Commute on foot
1.3%
Commute by bike
0.2%

Natural hazard risk

FEMA rates Nueces County as relatively high overall for natural hazard risk, with 8 federally declared disasters in the past ten years.

  • Cold wave: very high
  • Hurricane: very high
  • Heat wave: relatively high
  • Drought: relatively high

Data: © OpenStreetMap contributors, FEMA National Risk Index, U.S. Census Bureau ACS, CDC PLACES, NCES Common Core of Data, The Trust for Public Land ParkServe, EPA AirData, EPA Smart Location Database, NOAA Climate Normals, Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata

ZIP codes

  • 78373
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