Port Arthur, TX

Port Arthur, TX: Marketing for Dental & Medical Practices

Public data on Port Arthur, and what we would do first for a practice there because of it.

55,804residents (2025 estimate)
33NPI-registered dentists
$46,354median household income
Residents

Port Arthur at a glance

Furthest from the US: share with a bachelor's degree or higher (12.8% against 35.7%), then share of residents who speak Spanish at home (30.4% against 13.6%).

  • Residents, July 2025 estimate55,804Down 0.4% from the April 2020 base of 56,047
  • Median household income$46,354Well below both Texas ($78,476) and the US ($80,734)
  • Median age35.5Close to Texas (35.6), below the US (38.9)
  • Residents 65 and older14.8%Above Texas (13.4%), below the US (17.2%)
  • Bachelor's degree or higher (residents 25+)12.8%Well below both Texas (33.8%) and the US (35.7%)
  • Speak Spanish at home (residents 5+)30.4%Above Texas (28.1%), well above the US (13.6%)

The share with a bachelor's degree or higher is where Port Arthur and Beaumont (20 miles apart) differ most: 12.8% against 24.9%, then the share who speak Spanish at home (30.4% against 16.4%).

Local context

Local healthcare landscape in Port Arthur

The City of Port Arthur's Health Department page lists an Employee Health Services Center, an Adult Health Clinic and a laboratory. The CHRISTUS Health site lists CHRISTUS Southeast Texas St. Elizabeth as a hospital at 2830 Calder St., Beaumont, and refers to its Beaumont and Port Arthur medical centers. Lamar State College Port Arthur, at 1500 Procter Street, lists Vocational Nursing LVN, LVN to ADN Nursing, Pharmacy Technician and Surgical Technology among its programs. The city's Comprehensive Plan says Port Arthur's development pattern was established over time and was most directly influenced by the absorption of a number of smaller surrounding communities, including Griffin Park, Pear Ridge, Port Acres, Sabine Pass, and Lakeview, and as large refineries and manufacturing industries settled into the area. It also describes Pleasure Island, which the Martin Luther King Jr. Bridge and the Sabine Causeway connect to Port Arthur and Louisiana.

Neighborhoods and areas

  • Griffin Park
  • Pear Ridge
  • Port Acres
  • Sabine Pass
  • Lakeview
  • Pleasure Island

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Providers

Who practices in Port Arthur

NPI-registered providers with a practice address in Port Arthur, by primary specialty (people, not offices). Per resident, Port Arthur is furthest above the US among plastic surgeons (1.1 times the US rate) and lowest among podiatrists (0.3 times).

SpecialtyIn Port ArthurResidents per providerUSAgainst the US
Dentists331 per 1,6911 per 1,340Well below
Chiropractors61 per 9,3011 per 3,311Well below
Dermatologists11 per 55,8041 per 17,857Well below
Physical therapists171 per 3,2831 per 1,181Well below
Optometrists101 per 5,5801 per 5,291Below
Podiatrists11 per 55,8041 per 14,706Well below
Plastic surgeons11 per 55,8041 per 58,824Above
Employers

Private-sector health care employers in Jefferson County, 2024

2024 annual averages for the whole county. Offices of other health practitioners are 17.6% of them, well below the US share of 27.8%.

  • Ambulatory health care establishments680Average employment 9,388
  • Offices of physicians334
  • Offices of dentists91
  • Offices of other health practitioners120
Our plan

What we'd prioritize for a Port Arthur practice

Chosen by fixed rules from the figures above.

  1. Room to stand out for podiatrists

    Port Arthur has 0.3 times the US number of NPI-registered podiatrists per resident (one for every 55,804 residents). Fewer local competitors in search for a podiatrist. See our marketing for podiatrists.

  2. Get into local search early

    Across the seven provider groups on this page, Port Arthur has 12.4 NPI-registered providers per 10,000 residents, against 22.3 for the US. The thinnest group is podiatrists, at 0.3 times the US rate. Fewer competitors to outrank: we would start with local SEO.

  3. Put insurance and payment options up front

    Median household income $46,354 (US $80,734). Plans accepted and financing belong on every page of the website.

  4. Spanish-language service pages

    30.4% of Port Arthur residents speak Spanish at home (US 13.6%). Main service pages, forms and review requests get a Spanish version on the website.

State rules

Texas advertising rules to know

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Sources

Provider counts use each NPI record’s practice ZIP code, split between places by where the ZIP’s 2020 census residents live.

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