Point Comfort is a city in Calhoun County, Texas, home to about 304 people across 1.3 square miles. Its ZIP code is 77978, and parts of 77979 are in Point Comfort too.
Mostly Point Comfort
Mostly Port Lavaca; part is in Point Comfort
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| Nearest major airport | William P. Hobby Airport (HOU)107 miles away |
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| Closer regional airport | Victoria Regional Airport (VCT)25 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | Corpus Christi, TX69 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Houston, TX109 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Point Comfort; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
Point Comfort had 603 residents in the 2020 census, down 23% since 2000.
It’s the 1436th largest of 1,778 towns in Texas by population.
Calhoun County grew from 2,395 residents in 1900 to 20,106 in 2020.
Calhoun County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 92°F in summer, and winter lows average 46°F. About 41.5 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Pt Comfort, TX weather station (4 miles away).
9,399 jobs at 451 businesses in Calhoun County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
1 doctors and other health care providers list an office in Point Comfort.
Nearest hospitals
Providers with an office here
| Primary care doctors | 1 |
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Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances; providers from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), by practice address and primary specialty.
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Counts are within about 1 mile of the center of town.
Source: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright), as mapped by volunteers; it can miss places or include closed ones.
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Shares ZIP codes with Port Lavaca, Magnolia Beach and Alamo Beach.
Town boundaries don’t always match ZIP codes: a ZIP code can cross into neighboring towns, and a town can share a ZIP code with its neighbors. Facts describe the town itself; market figures describe whole ZIP codes.