Electric companies in Nueces County, Texas

Nueces County, TX on the map

Electric utilities in Nueces County, TX

AEP Texas Central Company delivers power here and bills delivery only, so no plan price exists; you choose only the supplier. Which listed company serves your street depends on the address.

Outage risk in Nueces County, TX

Nueces County, TX, NWS storm events 2015 to 2025: 379 in all, 107.4 per 100,000 residents of 352,829, rank 3 of 254 Texas counties. Property damage in Nueces County, TX: $1.4B, with 1 direct injuries or deaths.

ZIP codes in Nueces County, TX

• 78330
• 78339
• 78343
• 78347
• 78351
• 78373
• 78380
• 78401
• 78402
• 78404
• 78405
• 78406
• 78407
• 78408
• 78409
• 78410
• 78411
• 78412
• 78413
• 78414
• 78415
• 78416
• 78417
• 78418
• 78419

Facts about Nueces County, TX

Residents of Nueces County, TX, ACS 2023

352,82917 of 254 Texas counties

Households in Nueces County, TX

130,7702.70 people each

Owner-occupied homes in Nueces County, TX

59.9%78,303 owner and 52,467 renter households

Median household income in Nueces County, TX

$66,021103 of 253 Texas counties

Housing units in Nueces County, TX

153,10922,339 vacant or seasonal, 14.6% of the units

Homes heated by electricity in Nueces County, TX

80.8%105,656 homes, 32 of 254 Texas counties

Utilities listed for Nueces County, TX

32 with a home price: Nueces Electric Cooperative, San Patricio Electric Coop Inc

ZIP areas touching Nueces County, TX

2578330 to 78419

Outage-linked storm events in Nueces County, TX

379NWS storm events, 2015 to 2025

Homes built before 1980 in Nueces County, TX

46.9%median year built 1982

Flood claims in Nueces County, TX

4,556NFIP 2015 to 2025, $159.4M paid

Home energy burden in Nueces County, TX

2.7%$2,119 a year on electricity (DOE LEAD)

Electricity price since 2015 in Nueces County, TX

Nueces County, TX has no price series of its own. Nueces County, TX: the Texas average was 11.56 ¢/kWh in 2015. Nueces County, TX: 14.94 ¢ in 2024, 29% up. Nueces County, TX: against 30% up for the U.S. average.

Nueces County, TX: a 1,096 kWh month at the Texas price. Nueces County, TX: $127 in 2015, $164 in 2024. Nueces County, TX: $1,965 a year, 3.0% of the $66,021 median income.

Cost of living with electricity in Nueces County, TX

Nueces County, TX: electricity $2,119 a year per home (DOE LEAD), all home energy $2,233, 2.7% of $82,627 income. 130,122 households in Nueces County, TX spend about $275.7 million a year on electricity and $290.6 million on all home energy. Lower-income homes in Nueces County, TX ($20,751 a year) spend 9.3% of income, 3.5 times the all-home figure.

Housing and heating in Nueces County, TX

Nueces County, TX: 71,807 of 153,109 homes were built before 1980 and 37,841 in 2000 or later. Nueces County, TX has 100,540 detached houses, 30,939 homes in 5+ unit buildings, 5,958 mobile homes, and 52,467 of 130,770 households rent.

Flood claims and flood insurance in Nueces County, TX

Nueces County, TX: 4,556 NFIP flood claims in 2015 to 2025, $159.4M paid, median paid claim $28,333.

19,656 of 113,070 residential structures in Nueces County, TX carry an NFIP contract. 26,493 NFIP policies of any type were in force in Nueces County, TX on 8 Sep 2026. Nueces County, TX lists 301 repetitive-loss properties, 39 of them severe repetitive loss.

Nueces County, TX: claims history, not an outage count.

Nueces County, TX: OpenFEMA NFIP, claims as of 8 Sep 2026, insured share as of 3 Aug 2026; counts under 5 are hidden.

Nueces County, TX: flood claims by state, flood hub.

Climate and electric heating in Nueces County, TX

Nueces County, TX totals 833 heating degree days and 3,775 cooling degree days a year (1991-2020 normal).

For heating, Nueces County, TX is the 245th coldest of 254 counties in Texas: 833 against a median of 2,226. For cooling, Nueces County, TX is the 13th hottest: 3,775 against a median of 2,472.

Nueces County, TX is almost all cooling, 2,942 more cooling than heating degree days.

Nueces County, TX averaged 4,137 cooling degree days in 2016-2025 against a 3,775 normal, 10% more.

Nueces County, TX: electricity heats 80.8% of 130,770 homes; the winter totals 833 heating degree days.

Nueces County, TX: ACS B25040, 130,770 homes; NOAA nClimDiv, retrieved 7 Oct 2026.

Bill and heat pump calculator, Nueces County, TX

Compare Nueces County, TX with its neighbours

• San Patricio County sits 15 miles north of Nueces County, TX, with 69,519 residents against 352,829 there, 113 storm events against 379, median home built 1981 against 1982, energy burden 2.8% against 2.7%, income $67,512 against $66,021.
• Kleberg County sits 28 miles south of Nueces County, TX, with 30,629 residents against 352,829 there, 225 storm events against 379, median home built 1979 against 1982, energy burden 3.4% against 2.7%, income $57,612 against $66,021.
• Jim Wells County sits 26 miles west of Nueces County, TX, with 38,863 residents against 352,829 there, 191 storm events against 379, median home built 1981 against 1982, energy burden 3.6% against 2.7%, income $47,492 against $66,021.
• Aransas County sits 33 miles northeast of Nueces County, TX, with 24,449 residents against 352,829 there, 80 storm events against 379, median home built 1994 against 1982, energy burden 2.8% against 2.7%, income $61,754 against $66,021.
• Refugio County sits 45 miles northeast of Nueces County, TX, with 6,693 residents against 352,829 there, 37 storm events against 379, median home built 1971 against 1982, energy burden 3.7% against 2.7%, income $58,016 against $66,021.