Baytown by the numbers

The figures that explain the town, each with where it came from. The ones that change are pulled from the data at build; the ones that don't are history.

• 85,000 — people, give or take, in the city. The six-zip area is bigger.
• 3 — towns that merged in 1948 to make one.
• 1920 — the year the refinery opened.
• ~3,500 — extra workers a big ExxonMobil turnaround brings to town, for about two months.
• 2,160 — contractors on site at Chevron Phillips Cedar Bayou in a normal year, on top of 1,142 employees.
• 17 — hotels. Plus two on 146 and an independent.
• 5 — RV parks the crews use, within twenty miles.
• 4:30 a.m. — the ferry's first weekday crossing. 11 a.m. — the first on a weekend. Under 3 minutes — the crossing by the county historical commission's count; 7 to 10 in wind and traffic by the Chronicle's. 12 — cars per boat. $0 — the fare.
• 1995 — the bridge. 1953 — the tunnel it replaced. ~440 ft — the towers. ~175 ft — the clearance.
• 500 — acres at the Nature Center. 317 — bird species recorded. 1983 — the hurricane that made it possible.
• 567 ft — the San Jacinto Monument. 18 minutes — the battle.
• 10 to 2 — the Market at Town Square, third Saturdays, through November 21.
• ~5,500 — people at Grito Fest.
• 3:30 a.m. — Doughnut Wheel opens. 4 a.m. — the Cuban Cafe, weekdays.
• 56 — schools in the six zips. 3 — Goose Creek high schools. 1 — Barbers Hill's.
• 0 — congregations on the faith page (live at build).
• 146 — city parks with coordinates. 44 trail and water-access sites (live at build).
• 1,660 — events on the calendar right now, 833 in Baytown and 298 in the ring towns. 1,098 in Baytown and 562 in the ring towns (live at build).
• 6,695 — published places. 701 with structured hours (live at build).
• 16,082 — search queries people type about Baytown that we've cataloged. 452 — questions they ask.
• ~30,000 — monthly visits to the Baytown Sun's website, by the free estimators. The number to beat.
• 1,080 — dated events already on the calendar through next March.
• 2,956 — Baytown Sun headlines in the news archive, two years' worth (live at build).
• 98 — licensed historical photographs. 325 licensed present-day ones on disk (live at build).
• 205 — Harris County Transit stops in the six zips. 0 — in 77523 and 77580 (live at build).
• 1 — full hospital ER in the city. 0 — 24-hour pharmacies.
• 0 — breweries. Still.
• 281-476-2237 — the CAER line. Save it.

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Baytown en números: 85,000 habitantes; tres pueblos unidos en 1948; la refinería desde 1921; unos 3,500 trabajadores extra en un turnaround grande; 18 hoteles; 5 parques de RV; el ferry desde las 4:30 entre semana, gratis, menos de tres minutos; el puente de 1995 con torres de 440 pies; 500 acres y 317 especies en el Centro de Naturaleza; el monumento de 567 pies y la batalla de 18 minutos; el mercado de 10 a 2; unas 5,500 personas en el Grito Fest; 56 escuelas; 1,131 eventos en el calendario (cambia cada noche); 0 cervecerías; la línea CAER 281-476-2237.