Aransas Pass is a somewhat small coastal city (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Texas. With a population of 8,742 people and three associated neighborhoods, Aransas Pass is the 289th largest community in Texas. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Aransas Pass, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Aransas Pass, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Aransas Pass’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Aransas Pass does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $63,021.00.
Also of interest is that Aransas Pass has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Aransas Pass has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Aransas Pass a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Aransas Pass is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Quite often, nautical areas such as these attract visitors and locals who come to enjoy the scenery and various waterfront activities.
Being a small city, Aransas Pass does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Aransas Pass are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.00% of adults in Aransas Pass have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Aransas Pass in 2022 was $37,260, which is upper middle income relative to Texas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $149,040 for a family of four. However, Aransas Pass contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Aransas Pass is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Aransas Pass home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Aransas Pass residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Aransas Pass also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 46.23% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Aransas Pass include German, Irish, English, Italian, and French.
The most common language spoken in Aransas Pass is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.