Sun on a roof in Hitchcock.

How Hitchcock comparesderived from the figures above

Where Hitchcock sits.

Hitchcock ranks 738th of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 40th percentile. Its 1,501 kWh per kW is below the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are June, August, May and the weakest are December, February, January; output peaks in June and bottoms out in December. In all, 29.0% of the year arrives in June, July and August, less than the 29.3% of the median place.

Closest modeled neighbors

• Bayou Vista, 9 km northeast: 1,502 kWh per kW, 1 more than Hitchcock.
• Tiki Island, 10 km east: 1,490 kWh per kW, 11 less than Hitchcock.
• La Marque, 10 km north: 1,460 kWh per kW, 41 less than Hitchcock.
• Jamaica Beach, 10 km south: 1,485 kWh per kW, 16 less than Hitchcock.
• Galveston, 11 km south: 1,485 kWh per kW, 16 less than Hitchcock.
• Santa Fe, 15 km northwest: 1,458 kWh per kW, 43 less than Hitchcock.
• Dickinson, 20 km north: 1,457 kWh per kW, 44 less than Hitchcock.
• Texas City, 20 km northeast: 1,464 kWh per kW, 37 less than Hitchcock.
• Hillcrest Village, 24 km northwest: 1,453 kWh per kW, 48 less than Hitchcock.

Against Houston

The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Houston, 68 km to the northwest, at 1,422 kWh per kW. Hitchcock models 79 kWh per kW (5.6%) above it. Hitchcock lies 0.51 degrees of latitude south of Houston, and the sun stands higher in the sky the further south you go, which matches its higher modeled output. The two weather stations sit a similar distance from their points (1.5 km and 2.4 km), so station distance does little to explain the gap, and the weather record does the rest.

The second-nearest large place is Austin, 288 km northwest, where the same model gives 1,483 kWh per kW, so Hitchcock runs 18 above that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Hitchcock runs at least 2% higher in October, November. It runs at least 2% lower in January, February, July, August, December.

Electricity in Galveston CountyEIA-861

Electricity prices nearby

EIA lists CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric and Texas-New Mexico Power in this county. Where Hitchcock is on CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric and Texas-New Mexico Power's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of Hitchcock may instead be served by a co-op or utility listed below, which sets its own rates; check your bill. For scale only, the median 2025 average price across the 60 Texas retail providers on this site is 15.32¢ per kWh, which would put the modeled 1,501 kWh at $230 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate or an offer.

Also listed in the county

• Entergy Texas Inc.: 13.89¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 469,094 residential customers across 27 counties.
• CenterPoint Energy: 5.41¢ per kWh, delivery charges only, before the retail energy price, 2,529,039 residential customers across 12 counties.

These utilities serve other parts of the county, which can include parts of Hitchcock. They are the largest bundled providers, and the largest delivery-only one, whose EIA service territory lists the county. A county can list several, and which one serves a street depends on the address, so check your bill.

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Starting rate: the Texas residential average of 15.4¢ per kWh. At that rate the modeled output is worth $231 per kW a year as plain multiplication.