Crosby, Texas electricity: CenterPoint wires and 16,820 competitive homes
Crosby, pop. 4,617, buys power over CenterPoint's lines; 16,820 homes here are on the competitive market.
Reviewed by Brent Ward, founder, on 2026-10-19. Updated .
Crosby at a glance: 16,820 Crosby-addressed homes, all wired by CenterPoint (ERCOT, Oct. 5, 2026). Crosby's 16,820 placed homes sit in unsplit ZIP codes; a lookup still confirms each address.
Crosby wires and choice
CenterPoint outages: centerpointenergy.com/outage. CenterPoint
Crosby's 16,820 placed homes sit in unsplit ZIP codes; a lookup still confirms each address.
Non-choice utilities listed by EIA (2024) for Harris: 2.
Moving to Crosby
Local numbers for setting up a home in Crosby, each checked on the official source. More contacts, and a printable list, are on Crosby helpful move-in information.
- Public schools: Crosby ISD.
- Driver license: Texas DPS Driver License Office: Baytown, 512-424-2600.
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Crosby electricity, in numbers and sources
- Covered here as well: Barrett (pop. 3,273, 0 own-addressed meters; ZIP 77532). Most of their homes carry Crosby mailing addresses in ERCOT's data, so the Crosby ZIP rows apply. [ERCOT; ACS; ZCTA file]
- Crosby is a census-designated place: no annual estimate, but ACS 2020-2024 counts about 4,617 residents in 1,402 households. [ACS]
- Land: 2.2 sq mi; 2,073 residents and 630 households per sq mi; 3.29 people per Crosby household. [Gazetteer; PEP; ACS]
- Heating fuel, Crosby homes (ACS 2020-2024): electricity 48.6% (±20), utility gas 49.7%, propane 1.4%; Harris County overall: 55.4% electric. [ACS]
- Of Crosby homes paying a power bill, 38.2% report $250 or more a month and 21.3% under $100 (Harris County: 26.5% at $250+). [ACS]
- Housing stock: 73.6% detached houses, 12.4% in 5+ unit buildings, 12.3% mobile homes; median year built 1988, 19.0% built 2010 or later. [ACS]
- Crosby-addressed home meters on Oct. 5, 2026: 16,820 active, 3,877 inactive, 2,685 de-energized, so 28.1% were not in use (ERCOT). [ERCOT]
- 16,820 home meters use the Crosby postal name, against 1,402 households inside the CDP (12.0 per household): the mailing area runs well past the boundary. [ERCOT; ACS]
- New home meters, Oct. 7-18, 2026, Crosby ZIP codes: 35 (top: 77532, 35); vacant-to-active: 75. [ERCOT]
- 77532 carries every one of Crosby's placed homes; ratio across the whole ZIP 1.50, from 16,820 home meters in all and 11,213 households. [ERCOT; ACS]
Crosby homes: heating fuel, bills, housing
| Crosby | Estimate |
|---|---|
| Heat with electricity | 48.6% |
| Heat with utility gas | 49.7% |
| Bill $250 or more | 38.2% |
| Built 2010 or later | 19.0% |
| Renter households | 32.7% |
| Median year built | 1988 |
ACS 2020-2024, the census-designated place (Census boundary). Bill rows are shares of homes that pay an electric bill.
Crosby meters and households
| Count | Crosby |
|---|---|
| Residents (ACS) | 4,617 |
| Households (ACS) | 1,402 |
| Active home meters | 16,820 |
| Inactive home meters | 3,877 |
| De-energized home meters | 2,685 |
| Active small-business meters | 1,828 |
| Active large-business meters | 6 |
| Home meters per household | 12.0 |
| ZIP codes listed | 1 |
| Split ZIP codes | 0 |
| County | Harris |
ERCOT report 203, Oct. 5, 2026 (Crosby postal city) and Census. CSV · Method
Crosby plan prices, October 19, 2026
Median fixed-rate Power to Choose listings. CenterPoint (173 listings): 14¢ / 13.2¢ / 13¢ per kWh at 500 / 1,000 / 2,000 kWh, delivery 6.5333¢ + $4.90/mo included. Not a quote.
Crosby ZIP codes, row by row
Not every address in these ZIP codes has retail choice; check your exact address.
| ZIP code | Crosby homes | All ZIP homes | Crosby share | ZIP households | Share of Crosby land | Meters per household | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 77532 | 16,820 | 16,820 | 100% | 11,213 | 100% | 1.50 | none |
Crosby split ZIP codes: none.
Towns around Crosby
| From Crosby | Town (2,000+) | Homes vs Crosby | Wires | Per household | Competitive homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 mi | Dayton | 0.1× | CenterPoint | 0.53 | 1,650 |
| 12 mi | Baytown | 3.1× | CenterPoint | 1.67 | 51,848 |
| 12 mi | Mont Belvieu | 0.3× | CenterPoint | 1.48 | 4,539 |
| 13 mi | Humble | 4.2× | CenterPoint | 11.74 | 70,199 |
| 15 mi | Jacinto City | 0.0× | CenterPoint | n/a | 0 |
| 16 mi | Galena Park | 0.2× | CenterPoint | 0.91 | 2,838 |
Crosby businesses
1,834 Crosby-addressed business meters; 6 large-class meters across its main ZIP codes (ERCOT). Request a business rate review.
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Crosby questions
Does this page cover Barrett?
Yes. Barrett has 0 meters under its own name; its homes mostly use Crosby addresses. ZIP 77532: ratio 1.50, from 16,820 home meters in all and 11,213 households. Confirm your address.
Is electricity deregulated in Crosby?
Mostly. ERCOT counts 16,820 competitive Crosby home meters, all on CenterPoint's system, against 1,402 households. An address lookup settles it.
Why are some Crosby electric bills so high in winter?
48.6% of Crosby homes heat with electricity (ACS 2020-2024, margin ±20) and 49.7% with utility gas; 38.2% of bill-paying homes report $250 or more a month. Electric-heat homes should compare plans at winter usage.
What ZIP code do most Crosby electricity customers have?
77532: 16,820 Crosby-addressed competitive homes; ratio 1.50 across the ZIP (16,820 home meters in all, 11,213 households).
Who do I call when the power is out in Crosby?
Outages go to CenterPoint (centerpointenergy.com/outage), the wires utility for 16,820 Crosby competitive homes.
How do I set up power at a new Crosby home?
Check the address is on CenterPoint's wires, choose a plan and a start date. Crosby had 6,562 idle home meters (inactive or de-energized) on Oct. 5, 2026, so many move-ins reconnect an existing meter.
Near Crosby
Wires and county: CenterPoint · Harris. Nearby pages: Baytown (12 mi) · Channelview (9 mi) · Dayton (10 mi) · Highlands (7 mi) · Humble (13 mi) · Mont Belvieu (12 mi)
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Sources
- ERCOT TDSP ESIID Extract (report 203): full extract as of Oct 5, 2026; daily files Oct 7-18, 2026
- Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates, tables B25040, B25132, B25024, B25034, B25035, B25018, B19013, B25003, B25002, B25004 (90% margins of error)
- Census Vintage 2025 city and town population estimates
- Census 2020 ZCTA-to-place and ZCTA-to-county relationship files
- EIA-861 (2024) utility service territories by county
- PUCT Power to Choose residential offer export, Oct 19, 2026, 7:59 AM CT
- PUCT: Choosing an Electric Plan
- PUCT broker directory (BR260201)
- CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric
- CenterPoint delivery tariff (effective October 1, 2026)
- Census Bureau 2025 Gazetteer Files, Texas places (land and water area)
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