Hobbs vs Kempton

A side-by-side comparison of Hobbs and Kempton: population, income, housing, and more.

Hobbs and Kempton are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Kempton has the higher population (224 vs 67 in Hobbs). Hobbs has the higher median household income ($93,086 vs $46,250 in Kempton). Hobbs has the higher median home value ($134,800 vs $80,000 in Kempton).

Population, income & housing

	Hobbs	Kempton
Population	67	224
Median age	67.3 yrs	51.3 yrs
Median household income	$93,086	$46,250
Median home value	$134,800	$80,000
Median gross rent	—	$775
Housing units	49	156
Homeownership rate	100.0%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hobbs	Kempton
Population	92 → 67 (-27.2%)	343 → 224 (-34.7%)
Median household income	$81,250 → $93,086 (+14.6%)	$50,938 → $46,250 (-9.2%)
Median home value	$134,100 → $134,800 (+0.5%)	$67,600 → $80,000 (+18.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$842 → $775 (-8.0%)

Hobbs

Population

9267

Median household income

$81,250$93,086

Median home value

$134,100$134,800

Kempton

Population

343224

Median household income

$50,938$46,250

Median home value

$67,600$80,000

Median gross rent

$842$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hobbs	Kempton
Under 5	0.0%	4.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	18.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.2%
25 to 34	19.4%	4.9%
35 to 44	0.0%	12.1%
45 to 54	6.0%	17.0%
55 to 64	0.0%	17.9%
65 to 74	59.7%	19.6%
75 and over	14.9%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hobbs	Kempton
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	96.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hobbs	Kempton
No high school diploma	7.5%	18.3%
High school graduate	74.6%	52.7%
Some college or associate's	6.0%	16.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hobbs	Kempton
Drove alone	100.0%	70.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	16.0%
Other means	0.0%	8.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hobbs	Kempton
1-unit, detached	91.8%	96.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.2%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Hobbs	Kempton
Poverty rate	14.9%	19.6%
Average household size	1.37	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	—	27
Median year structure built	1993	1938