Galveston County

OKLocate's data coverage for Galveston County includes address level insights, mapping layers, property profiles and census demographics.

Galveston County is part of the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metropolitan statistical area.

LiDAR measurements, aerial imagery, typeahead, geocoding and census demographics behind one API key, on one flat monthly rate, and every result is yours to store with no time limit. No other location API puts that combination under permissive licensing.

Address level data

  • Forward geocoding · Address to rooftop coordinate
  • Reverse geocoding · Coordinate to nearest address
  • Typeahead · About 100 ms
  • County FIPS on every result
  • Census tract on every result (Q4 2026)
  • Place on every result (Q4 2026)
  • School district on every result (Q4 2026)
  • Legislative districts on every result (Q4 2026)

Mapping

  • Base map · Vector tiles, your own styling
  • Aerial imagery · To zoom 15
  • High-resolution aerial, zoom 16 to 18 (Q4 2026)
  • Flood zone boundaries · FEMA NFHL
  • School district boundaries
  • Place boundaries
  • ZIP code boundaries
  • Census tract boundaries
  • Legislative boundaries (Q4 2026)

Property measurements

  • Measured property profiles · 88 fields per home
  • Roof, solar and pool measurements · Derived from LiDAR
  • Viewable LiDAR point cloud per home (Q4 2026)
  • Search the county on any measured field

Demographics

  • Population and households
  • Housing units, owner and renter
  • Median home value and rent
  • Median household income
  • Year built and unit types
  • FEMA flood share and zone breakdown

Galveston County by the numbers

Homes measured
120,848
Housing units
161,868
Population
358,990
Owner occupied
95,138
Median home value
$312,150
Median household income
$96,421
Median year built
1990
Census tracts
103
Land area
379 sq mi

Flood zones

50% of Galveston County's land lies inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. That is higher than 99% of US counties. The largest zones are VE at 40% and AE at 9.5%. This is a map overlay for analysis, not a flood determination.

Zone VE
40.31%
Zone AE
9.50%
Zone X
7.54%
Zone A
0.40%
Zone AO
0.04%