Texas Real Estate & Relocation Guide

Port Arthur, Texas

Population: 58,724

Located in Jefferson County

Find a unique part of Texas in port Arthur. The Cajun Capital of Texas, you will find that down-south air in everything you see... from Mardi Gras style parties to food, music and hospitality.

On the Gulf Coast, you'll find sea breezes and ocean-going vessels in the middle of town. Boats bringing in seafood daily, it's a heart-stopping experience along with the unbelievable year-round tropical green of bayou country.

With Port Arthur, the music's always been a large part. It's the pulse of the southeast Texas swamp that engendered the likes of Janis Joplin, Big Bopper, George Jones and many more, past, present, and future!

Greater Port Arthur is ideally situated near the center of the Gulf Coast. Houston is 90 miles; New Orleans is 258 miles. Mobile and Corpus Christi, the two ends of the gulf's petro-band, are 304 and 299 miles respectively.