Dickinson, TX Real Estate

Median Income $84,249

Median Age 35.2

Population 21,985

	Median Temperature
	January	HI 63°	LO 45°	July	HI 93°	LO 75°

	School Test Scores
	Elementary: Barber Dunbar Levi Fry Intermediate Art & Pat Goforth Darwin L Gilmore Henry Bauerschlag Highlands I W & Eleanor Hyde Inter City James H Ross Lavace Stewart League City Lloyd R Ferguson Simms Walter Hall Westlawn Bay Colony Heights Hughes Road Jake Silbernagel Kenneth E Little Kohfeldt Northside Roosevelt - Wilson San Leon Early Childhood Learning Center		Middle: Clear Creek High - Ninth Grade Center Ninth Grade Learning Center Bay Area Charter Blocker Creekside Intermediate La Marque League City Intermediate R D Mcadams High Victory Lakes Intermediate		High: Clear Creek Clear Path Alternative Dickinson Alternative Learning Center Dickinson La Marque Lake Road Education Center Texas City Woodrow Wilson Alternative Clear Springs
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Dickinson is a growing shipping town in Galveston County 30 miles southeast of downtown Houston. The population was 17,093 at the 2000 census. Bisected by the Dickinson Bayou, the City of Dickinson has played a historically crucial role in the development of the Houston Shipping Channel Economy. The Galveston, Houston, and Henderson Railroads were built directly through Dickinson and the line was critical a critical supply link during the American Civil War. Whether serving as an agricultural service center, a residential community, or mineral-oil processing industry, Dickinson's role as a commercial and transportation hub is the central focus of The Dickinson Railroad Museum Another impetus for Dickinsons early development came from Italian immigrants when a large group of immigrants from were forced to resettle in the Galveston and Dickinson area around 1900. Heavy recruitment of Italian immigrants from crowded eastern cities to Dickinson continued with much success. As of the 2000 census, there were 6,162 households in Dickinson and the median income for a family in Dickinson is $46,585. The City of Dickinson is part of both the Dickinson Independent School District and the Santa Fe Independent School District.

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