What residents need to know
The U.S. Census Bureau released new five-year data for 2023 on Dec. 12 as part of its American Community Survey.
With League City’s overall population growth in recent years, the number of residents holding a degree for some level of higher education has increased.
The new data represents a five-year estimate of the population across the country from 2019 to 2023, according to the census website. This data compares with the 2018 survey results, which studied the country from 2014 to 2018.
Data from the new 2023 survey shows the number of total residents aged 25 or older has increased by more than 12,000 people, according to the data.
That growth has led to nearly 6,400 more people holding a bachelor’s degree alone in League City, which represents a 34% increase in that time.
Overall, 36,900 residents aged 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, which is a nearly 28% increase in that time.
While the total number of residents age 25 and older with such degrees is higher, their makeup of the total percentage is as well, up from 44.7% of the population in the 2018 survey to 48% in the 2023 survey, data shows.
The same holds true for those age 25 and older specifically with bachelor’s degrees, which is up from 29% in 2018 to 32.7% in 2023.
Meanwhile, the percentage of people with an associate degree fell from 11.1% to 9.8% of the population 25 and over, data shows. Despite this, the total number of people still increased from roughly 7,200 to 7,500.
The share of people age 25 and older with an education of less than ninth grade, or a freshman in high school, increased, according to the data. In 2018, residents with that level of education made up 1.4% of the population. That is up in the 2023 survey to 2.2%. Meanwhile, the total number is up from 928 to 1,664.
Those age 18 to 24 in League City declined in overall population by about 200 residents, according to the data. Of that age group, the share of those who are high school graduates with no higher degree increased from 30.3% of the population to 34.9%.
The percentage of those with some college, as well as a bachelor’s degree or higher in that age range dropped.
In League City, the percentage of women with a bachelor’s degree or higher reached over 50%.
Also of note
For Galveston County as a whole, many of the trends seen in League City remain true, according to the data.
Both the total number of people age 25 and older with a bachelor's degree or higher, as well as their share of the overall population, increased in Galveston County, according to the data.
Both also saw the percentage of people age 25 and older with some level of high school education but no diploma dip as well in both the share of percentage and total number of people.
Some differences between League City and the county overall included the share of people with less than a ninth grade level of education. While the total number increased in Galveston County, their makeup as a percentage went down.
