Kirby vs Scenic Oaks

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

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

Scenic Oaks has the higher population (10,727 vs 8,100 in Kirby). Scenic Oaks has the higher median household income ($178,125 vs $58,700 in Kirby). Scenic Oaks has the higher median home value ($531,900 vs $159,000 in Kirby).

Population, income & housing

	Kirby	Scenic Oaks
Population	8,100	10,727
Median age	39.1 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$58,700	$178,125
Median home value	$159,000	$531,900
Median gross rent	$1,114	$1,604
Housing units	3,041	3,740
Homeownership rate	70.4%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	58.6%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kirby	Scenic Oaks
Population	8,664 → 8,100 (-6.5%)	6,469 → 10,727 (+65.8%)
Median household income	$45,918 → $58,700 (+27.8%)	$145,515 → $178,125 (+22.4%)
Median home value	$91,900 → $159,000 (+73.0%)	$373,400 → $531,900 (+42.4%)
Median gross rent	$978 → $1,114 (+13.9%)	$1,573 → $1,604 (+2.0%)

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

Scenic Oaks

Population

6,46910,727

Median household income

$145,515$178,125

Median home value

$373,400$531,900

Median gross rent

$1,573$1,604

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kirby	Scenic Oaks
Under 5	8.0%	7.2%
5 to 17	16.4%	18.3%
18 to 24	9.5%	8.1%
25 to 34	9.3%	9.4%
35 to 44	13.2%	14.1%
45 to 54	10.7%	13.2%
55 to 64	11.4%	13.9%
65 to 74	15.1%	8.7%
75 and over	6.6%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kirby	Scenic Oaks
White (non-Hispanic)	22.8%	58.5%
Black or African American	12.4%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	5.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	58.7%	33.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kirby	Scenic Oaks
No high school diploma	23.0%	4.6%
High school graduate	33.0%	7.8%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	34.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	24.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kirby	Scenic Oaks
Drove alone	75.1%	65.2%
Carpooled	15.4%	13.0%
Public transit	2.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	19.1%
Other means	0.7%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kirby	Scenic Oaks
1-unit, detached	78.0%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	6.3%
20 or more units	3.2%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	9.0%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Kirby	Scenic Oaks
Poverty rate	9.6%	9.4%
Average household size	2.78	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1977	2010