What is the population of Kemah city?

Kemah city has 1,952 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #756 of 1,863 in Texas.

What is the median household income in Kemah city?

Median household income in Kemah city is $95,152 a year, 21.2% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Kemah city?

Median gross rent is $1,579 a month and the median home value is $268,900, so rent absorbs about 19.9% of median household income.

Is Kemah city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Kemah city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Kemah, TX population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Kemah, Texas (Kemah, TX — Census place “Kemah city”) is 1,952 residents, ranking #756 of 1863 places in Texas. Median household income is $95,152, the median home is worth $268,900 and median gross rent runs $1,579 a month. Looking for the Kemah Texas ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Kemah, TX: 77565.

Population: 1,952Kemah city residents
Median household income: $95,152Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $268,900Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,579Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 65%Owner-occupied households

Kemah ZIP codes (Texas)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Kemah.

The Kemah TX ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

77565

What the numbers mean in Kemah city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Kemah city median would spend about 19.9% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 18.3% of residents and 65% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Kemah city, TX in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Kemah city is a small town in Texas, with 1,952 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #756 of 1,863 ranked by population — larger than 59% of them. The median age here is 38.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Kemah city earn a median of $95,152 a year, 21.2% above the national figure of $78,538 and 47% above the $64,654 median for the 1,008 Texas cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 18.3% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Kemah city is valued at $268,900, 11.4% below the national figure and 50% above the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,579 a month, 12.3% above the national figure, or roughly $18,948 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.9% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 65% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

Median income runs above the national figure while poverty also runs above it — a split distribution, not a uniformly comfortable place. Averages hide that; the two numbers together do not.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Kemah city?: Kemah city has 1,952 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #756 of 1,863 in Texas.
What is the median household income in Kemah city?: Median household income in Kemah city is $95,152 a year, 21.2% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Kemah city?: Median gross rent is $1,579 a month and the median home value is $268,900, so rent absorbs about 19.9% of median household income.
Is Kemah city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Kemah city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Kemah city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.