Helotes vs Kirby

A side-by-side comparison of Helotes and Kirby: population, income, housing, and more.

Helotes and Kirby are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Helotes has the higher population (9,372 vs 8,100 in Kirby). Helotes has the higher median household income ($129,884 vs $58,700 in Kirby). Helotes has the higher median home value ($382,400 vs $159,000 in Kirby).

Population, income & housing

	Helotes	Kirby
Population	9,372	8,100
Median age	45.6 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$129,884	$58,700
Median home value	$382,400	$159,000
Median gross rent	$2,518	$1,114
Housing units	3,019	3,041
Homeownership rate	93.0%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.2%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Helotes	Kirby
Population	9,175 → 9,372 (+2.1%)	8,664 → 8,100 (-6.5%)
Median household income	$116,875 → $129,884 (+11.1%)	$45,918 → $58,700 (+27.8%)
Median home value	$316,200 → $382,400 (+20.9%)	$91,900 → $159,000 (+73.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,014 → $2,518 (+25.0%)	$978 → $1,114 (+13.9%)

Helotes

Population

9,1759,372

Median household income

$116,875$129,884

Median home value

$316,200$382,400

Median gross rent

$2,014$2,518

Kirby

Population

8,6648,100

Median household income

$45,918$58,700

Median home value

$91,900$159,000

Median gross rent

$978$1,114

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Helotes	Kirby
Under 5	3.0%	8.0%
5 to 17	16.5%	16.4%
18 to 24	10.5%	9.5%
25 to 34	10.7%	9.3%
35 to 44	8.1%	13.2%
45 to 54	19.7%	10.7%
55 to 64	13.6%	11.4%
65 to 74	11.2%	15.1%
75 and over	6.7%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Helotes	Kirby
White (non-Hispanic)	39.2%	22.8%
Black or African American	2.5%	12.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	53.2%	58.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Helotes	Kirby
No high school diploma	4.2%	23.0%
High school graduate	12.3%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	32.7%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	19.5%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Helotes	Kirby
Drove alone	69.1%	75.1%
Carpooled	10.3%	15.4%
Public transit	0.3%	2.5%
Walked	0.4%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	19.5%	4.3%
Other means	0.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Helotes	Kirby
1-unit, detached	97.6%	78.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Helotes	Kirby
Poverty rate	3.0%	9.6%
Average household size	3.17	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	2005	1977