Not the City of Baytown. Official site: baytown.org.

Almost every Baytown home is online. Far fewer adults have a four-year degree.

In Baytown, 96.8 percent of households have a computer and 91.6 percent have a broadband internet subscription. Those numbers sit right next to the Texas and U.S. figures. This one does not: 14.8 percent of Baytown adults age 25 and older hold a bachelor's degree or higher, against 33.8 percent in Texas and 35.7 percent in the United States.

A quiet Gulf Coast neighborhood street at dusk with a soft glow in many home windows, and far behind the rooftops the lit towers of a refinery

The plain reading: getting online is not the problem here. Getting past high school into a four-year degree is where Baytown trails, and many good local jobs do not ask for one. They ask for a certificate or a safety card, which is why the training page matters more than the degree row. Where to start is at the end of this page.

The short version

Households with a computer: Baytown 96.8 percent, a little above Texas (96.3) and the U.S. (95.5).
Households with a broadband subscription: Baytown 91.6 percent, against 91.4 in Texas and 91.0 in the U.S.
Adults 25 and older with a bachelor's degree or higher: Baytown 14.8 percent, Texas 33.8, U.S. 35.7.
Our training page lists the safety orientations and credentials that contractors on Baytown plant sites need.

Where these numbers come from

The Census Bureau runs a yearly survey called the American Community Survey. It asks households about computers and internet service, and it asks adults how far they went in school. The Bureau puts the results for cities, states and the country in one tool called QuickFacts. The numbers here are for 2020 to 2024.

Because they are survey results, they are estimates, not a head count of every home.

Computers and broadband: Baytown keeps pace

QuickFacts counts two things. One is households with a computer. The other is households with a broadband internet subscription.

Households with a computer: Baytown 96.8 percent, Texas 96.3 percent, United States 95.5 percent.
Households with a broadband subscription: Baytown 91.6 percent, Texas 91.4 percent, United States 91.0 percent.

Baytown is ahead of both by a small margin. The gap with Texas is 0.5 points on computers and 0.2 points on broadband. The gap with the country is 1.3 points and 0.6 points. Put another way, about 3 in every 100 Baytown households have no computer, and a bit more than 8 in every 100 have no broadband subscription.

Degrees: a wide gap

The same survey asks adults 25 and older about their schooling.

High school graduate or higher: Baytown 78.6 percent, Texas 86.0 percent, United States 89.6 percent.
Bachelor's degree or higher: Baytown 14.8 percent, Texas 33.8 percent, United States 35.7 percent.

The high school gap is 7.4 points against Texas and 11.0 points against the country. The bachelor's gap is much wider: 19.0 points against Texas and 20.9 points against the country. In Baytown, about 15 of every 100 adults have a four-year degree or more. In Texas, it is about 34 of every 100. The gap grows as the schooling gets longer, while home internet access stays level.

A bachelor's degree is not the only way to finish school after high school. Certificates, trade programs and two-year degrees do not count in the "bachelor's or higher" row, so the number does not measure all schooling after high school. It measures four-year degrees and beyond.

What this can look like on the ground

Our training page, Training that gets you through a Baytown plant gate, explains how work at the plants usually starts. It says most contractors on Baytown plant sites need a safety orientation called Safety Essentials, plus a site-specific orientation. It also covers other credentials, including TWIC cards and OSHA 10 and 30 cards.

Those are certificates and cards, not four-year degrees, and they count as schooling in real life even though the degree row cannot see them. A person can be well trained for a plant job and show up as "no bachelor's" in this table.

Read the fine print

All figures are Census Bureau survey estimates for 2020 to 2024, not a count of every household.
The bachelor's row does not count certificates, trade programs or two-year degrees. QuickFacts gives no Baytown figure for those.

Before you go

Lee College, in Baytown, lists six program pathways on its home page: Applied Business, Health Services, Liberal and Fine Arts, Manufacturing and Industrial, Public Service, and STEM. It also has a transfer section for students heading to a four-year school, dual credit, workforce training, a Small Business Development Center, and, at the time of writing, free OSHA 10 training advertised on its site. Start at lee.edu.
If your home has no broadband, ask at the Sterling Municipal Library about free computer and internet use before you sign a contract.
QuickFacts at census.gov/quickfacts lets you look up other places.

Sources

U.S. Census Bureau, QuickFacts, Baytown city, Texas, CSV (https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/csv/baytowncitytexas/PST045225)
U.S. Census Bureau, QuickFacts, Texas, CSV (https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/csv/TX,US/PST045225)
U.S. Census Bureau, QuickFacts, United States (https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/PST045225)
Lee College (https://www.lee.edu/)

En español

Casi todos los hogares de Baytown tienen internet. Muchos menos adultos tienen una licenciatura.

En Baytown, el 96.8 por ciento de los hogares tiene computadora y el 91.6 por ciento tiene internet de banda ancha, según la Oficina del Censo (datos de 2020 a 2024). Son cifras un poco más altas que las de Texas (96.3 y 91.4 por ciento) y las de Estados Unidos (95.5 y 91.0 por ciento). La diferencia está en los estudios: entre los adultos de 25 años o más, el 14.8 por ciento de Baytown tiene una licenciatura o más, frente al 33.8 por ciento en Texas y el 35.7 por ciento en el país.

Lo que significa

Conectarse a internet no es el problema aquí. La brecha está en los estudios de cuatro años. El 78.6 por ciento de los adultos terminó la preparatoria o más, frente al 86.0 por ciento en Texas y el 89.6 por ciento en el país. La cifra de licenciatura no cuenta certificados, programas técnicos ni títulos de dos años, así que no mide toda la preparación de la gente. Son estimaciones de una encuesta, no un conteo de cada hogar.

En el terreno

Nuestra página de capacitación dice que la mayoría de los contratistas en las plantas de Baytown necesitan una orientación de seguridad llamada Safety Essentials, más una orientación del sitio, y cubre otras credenciales como las tarjetas TWIC y OSHA 10 y 30. Son certificados y tarjetas, no títulos de cuatro años, pero sí son preparación real. Una persona puede estar bien capacitada para un empleo en una planta y aun así contar como "sin licenciatura" en esta tabla.

Antes de ir

Lee College, en Baytown, ofrece seis áreas de estudio (negocios aplicados, servicios de salud, artes liberales y bellas artes, manufactura e industria, servicio público y STEM), además de transferencia a universidades de cuatro años, créditos duales, capacitación laboral y un Centro de Desarrollo de Pequeños Negocios. Empiece en lee.edu.
Si en su casa no hay internet de banda ancha, pregunte en la Biblioteca Municipal Sterling por el uso gratuito de computadoras e internet antes de firmar un contrato.
QuickFacts, en census.gov/quickfacts, permite consultar otros lugares.