What is the population of Kemp city?

Kemp city has 1,389 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #883 of 1,863 in Texas.

What is the median household income in Kemp city?

Median household income in Kemp city is $69,875 a year, 11% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,080 a month and the median home value is $168,300, so rent absorbs about 18.5% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 2.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Kemp city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Kemp, TX population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Kemp, Texas (Kemp, TX — Census place “Kemp city”) is 1,389 residents, ranking #883 of 1863 places in Texas. Median household income is $69,875, the median home is worth $168,300 and median gross rent runs $1,080 a month. Looking for the Kemp Texas ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Kemp, TX: 75143.

Population: 1,389Kemp city residents
Median household income: $69,875Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $168,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,080Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38.8 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 64.3%Owner-occupied households

Kemp ZIP codes (Texas)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Kemp.

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

75143

What the numbers mean in Kemp city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Kemp city median would spend about 18.5% 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 2.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 11.1% of residents and 64.3% of households own their home.

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

Kemp city, TX in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Kemp city is a small town in Texas, with 1,389 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #883 of 1,863 ranked by population — larger than 52% of them. The median age here is 38.8 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 Kemp city earn a median of $69,875 a year, 11% below the national figure of $78,538 and 8% above the $64,654 median for the 1,008 Texas cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 11.1% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Kemp city is valued at $168,300, 44.5% below the national figure and 6% below the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,080 a month, 23.2% below the national figure, or roughly $12,960 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.5% 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 2.4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 64.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. 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 Kemp city?: Kemp city has 1,389 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #883 of 1,863 in Texas.
What is the median household income in Kemp city?: Median household income in Kemp city is $69,875 a year, 11% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Kemp city?: Median gross rent is $1,080 a month and the median home value is $168,300, so rent absorbs about 18.5% of median household income.
Is Kemp city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Kemp city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Kemp 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.