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League City is one of the fastest growing cities within the region. It is the largest city in Galveston County
and accounts for more than 90 percent of the county’s growth throughout the past decade. League City sits
on the south shore of Clear Lake and is 20 miles from the booming business and arts scenes of Houston and
25 miles from the beaches of Galveston. It’s also where many of NASA’s finest and brightest call home.
POPULATION GROWTH
10,818
34,546
1970
Households
16,578
2.83
1980
Average Household Size
$218,900
30,159
1990
Median Home Price
74.7%
45,444
2000
Percentage of Family
Households
83,560
2010
518
100,000
2015
2017 POPULATION ESTIMATE
104,903
Source: 2013-2017
American Community
Survey 5-Year Estimates
44.3%
Residents with a
bachelor’s degree
or higher
95.6%
Residents with a high school
degree or higher
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$100,996
Median Household Income
71.5%
Total percentage of
population 16 and
older in the workforce