ZIP Code 77650

In ZIP code 77650, near Galveston, households earn a median of $61,745, while per-capita income reaches $43,791. With a median home value of $351,600, property taxes at the county's 1.41% rate would run roughly $4,958 annually, a meaningful slice of a typical household's earnings. Sales taxes add 6.25% to purchases. Balancing those costs against income leaves a tighter margin than the per-capita figure alone might imply, since home values here outpace what median earnings would ordinarily support.