# Sealy, Texas electricity: CenterPoint wires and 7,231 competitive homes

_Updated October 19, 2026. Data: ERCOT Oct 5, 2026; Power to Choose Oct 19, 2026, 7:59 AM CT._

**In short:** ERCOT counts 7,231 active residential meters with a Sealy address, all on CenterPoint's wires (October 5, 2026). Nearly every Sealy address in our data is on CenterPoint's wires and can pick a retail provider.

## Moving to Sealy

Local numbers for setting up a home in Sealy, each checked on the official source. More contacts: https://powerhopper.energy/texas-electricity/sealy/move-in-information

- **City hall (ask about water service):** City of Sealy: City Hall (main line), 979-885-3511.
- **Public schools:** Sealy ISD.
- **Driver license:** Texas DPS Driver License Office: Hempstead, 512-424-2600.

## Who delivers electricity in Sealy?
ERCOT counts 7,231 active residential meters with a Sealy address, all on CenterPoint's wires (October 5, 2026).

## Can every address in Sealy choose?
No split flag on any ZIP code that holds Sealy's 7,231 competitive homes; most streets here can shop.

## What is different about Sealy?
- Sealy counted about 7,937 residents in the Census Bureau's 2025 estimate, against 6,830 in the 2020 base, a change of +16.2%. The largest one-year change was +396 people, from July 2023 to July 2024. July 1 estimates in between: 6,775 (2021), 6,927 (2022), 7,235 (2023), 7,631 (2024). (Source: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/cities/totals/sub-est2025_48.csv)
- Sealy covers 11.7 square miles of land and 0.1 square miles of water (Census 2025 Gazetteer). That works out to about 677 residents and 217 occupied households per square mile of land, with roughly 3.1 residents for every Sealy household. (Source: https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/cities/totals/sub-est2025_48.csv, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/)
- The Sealy mailing area is bigger than the city: ERCOT lists 7,231 competitive homes under the Sealy postal city, 2.84 for each of the city's 2,548 Census households. Because Sealy has grown 16 percent since the 2020 base, the ACS 2020-2024 household figure likely runs behind today's count. (Source: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/)
- Sealy-addressed homes make up 0.3% of the 2,585,110 residential meters on CenterPoint's competitive system. (Source: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203)
- Move-ins show up as vacant-to-active switches in ERCOT's daily files: 13 of them in the ZIP codes most Sealy homes use, Oct. 7-18, 2026. (Source: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203)
- Vacancy signal: 7.1 percent of residential meters in Sealy's core ZIP codes were de-energized on October 5, 2026 (552 off, 7,242 on), per ERCOT. (Source: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203)
- One ZIP code, 77474, holds almost every Sealy-addressed competitive home (7,231). Taken whole, 77474 has 1.24 competitive meters per Census household: 7,242 meters, 5,861 households. (Source: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/)
- Sealy is 1 of 4 on a Austin County list of cities and towns ranked by postal-city competitive homes; second place is Wallis, at 2,137. (Source: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203)
- By the Census Bureau's 2025 estimates, Sealy is the number 1 city or town by population among the 7 that reach into Austin County, one place ahead of Bellville (4,379 residents). (Source: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/cities/totals/sub-est2025_48.csv)
- Electric bills over $250 a month: 38.5 percent of households in 77474, Sealy's main ZIP code, per the ACS 2020-2024; the same survey puts median household income there at $75,272 and the renter share at 20.9 percent. (Source: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/)
- Looking at Sealy's six closest towns, the largest competitive market belongs to Fulshear (19,118 homes on its postal city, about 17 miles off); the thinnest per household is Bellville, at 0.34. (Source: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/)

## By the numbers
- Population (July 1, 2025 estimate): 7,937
- Population (2020 estimates base): 6,830
- Occupied households (ACS 2020-2024): 2,548
- Active residential meters with a Sealy address: 7,231
- Active business meters with a Sealy address: 1,605
- Residential meters per Census household: 2.84
- Delivery utilities (homes): CenterPoint 7,231
- Counties: Austin
- ZIP codes touching Sealy: 1
- Split ZIP codes (flagged below): 0

## Plan prices (median ¢/kWh at 500 / 1,000 / 2,000 kWh)
- CenterPoint: 14 / 13.2 / 13; delivery 6.5333¢/kWh + $4.90/mo

## ZIP codes
**Not every address in these ZIP codes has retail choice; check your exact address.**

| ZIP | Postal cities | Land in city | Competitive homes | Households | Ratio | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 77474 | Sealy 100% | 6% | 7,242 | 5,861 | 1.24 | Near-full coverage. Mostly outside Sealy city limits. |

## Business electricity in Sealy
1,605 active business meters. Power Hopper compares offers from retail electric providers and direct suppliers; for high-consumption businesses we can run a competitive bid. No savings or bidder count is promised. Businesses in Texas retail-choice areas can request a rate review online.

## Questions
**Does Sealy have electricity choice?** Most Sealy homes can. ERCOT's October 5, 2026 extract has 7,231 Sealy-addressed homes on CenterPoint's competitive system, compared with 2,548 households in the Census survey. No Sealy ZIP code carries a split flag, but only an address lookup is certain.
**Where do most Sealy electricity customers live?** 77474. It holds 7,231 Sealy-addressed competitive homes; counting every address in the ZIP, ERCOT has 7,242 meters for roughly 5,861 households, a 1.24 ratio.
**What is the average electricity rate in Sealy?** On October 19, 2026, the median fixed-rate Power to Choose listing on CenterPoint's wires was 13.2¢ per kWh at 1,000 kWh a month (173 listings); CenterPoint's delivery charge of 6.5333¢ per kWh plus $4.90 a month is included. A median is not a quote.
**I'm moving to Sealy. How do I set up electricity?** Confirm the address is on CenterPoint's wires, then pick a plan and a start date. In 77474, 10.3% of residents moved in the past year (ACS); 13 meters in 77474 went vacant-to-active Oct. 7-18, 2026.
**Why are there more electric meters than households in Sealy?** 7,231 Sealy-addressed meters against 2,548 city households is 2.84 per household: the Sealy postal area extends past city limits, and new homes get meters before the Census counts them. It doesn't mean every nearby address can choose.
**Who do I call in Sealy when the power goes out?** Call CenterPoint (centerpointenergy.com/outage), the wires utility for Sealy's 7,231 competitive homes; a retail provider can't fix lines.

## Sources
- ERCOT TDSP ESIID Extract (report 203): full extract as of Oct 5, 2026; daily files Oct 7-18, 2026: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203
- Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B25003 households, B01003 population): https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/
- Census Vintage 2025 city and town population estimates: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/cities/totals/sub-est2025_48.csv
- Census 2020 ZCTA-to-place and ZCTA-to-county relationship files: https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/rel2020/zcta520/
- EIA-861 (2024) utility service territories by county: https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia861/
- PUCT Power to Choose residential offer export, Oct 19, 2026, 7:59 AM CT: https://www.powertochoose.org/en-us/Plan/ExportToCsv
- PUCT: Choosing an Electric Plan: https://www.puc.texas.gov/consumer-help/electricity/electric-plan/
- PUCT broker directory (BR260201): https://www.puc.texas.gov/industry/electric/directories/brk/alpha_brk/
- CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric: https://www.centerpointenergy.com/
- CenterPoint delivery tariff (effective October 1, 2026): https://ftp.puc.texas.gov/public/puct-info/industry/electric/rates/tdr/tdu/CenterPoint_Rate_Report.pdf
- Census Bureau Vintage 2025 city and town population estimates: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/cities/totals/sub-est2025_48.csv
- Census Bureau 2025 Gazetteer Files, Texas places (land and water area): https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html
- Census Bureau Vintage 2025 city and town population estimates: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/cities/totals/sub-est2025_48.csv
- Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/
- ERCOT TDSP ESIID Extract (report 203), Oct 5, 2026: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203
- Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/
- ERCOT TDSP ESIID Extract (report 203), Oct 5, 2026: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203
- ERCOT daily TDSP ESIID Extract files, Oct 7-18, 2026, via Power Hopper's Oct 18 ZIP study: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203
- ERCOT TDSP ESIID Extract (report 203), Oct 5, 2026: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203
- ERCOT TDSP ESIID Extract (report 203), Oct 5, 2026: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203
- Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/
- ERCOT TDSP ESIID Extract (report 203), Oct 5, 2026: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203
- Census Bureau Vintage 2025 city and town population estimates: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/cities/totals/sub-est2025_48.csv
- Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/
- ERCOT TDSP ESIID Extract (report 203), Oct 5, 2026: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203
- Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/

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