Kirby vs Windcrest

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

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

Kirby has the higher population (8,100 vs 5,815 in Windcrest). Windcrest has the higher median household income ($95,329 vs $58,700 in Kirby). Windcrest has the higher median home value ($276,900 vs $159,000 in Kirby).

Population, income & housing

	Kirby	Windcrest
Population	8,100	5,815
Median age	39.1 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,700	$95,329
Median home value	$159,000	$276,900
Median gross rent	$1,114	$1,411
Housing units	3,041	2,551
Homeownership rate	70.4%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	46.2%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kirby	Windcrest
Population	8,664 → 8,100 (-6.5%)	5,851 → 5,815 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$45,918 → $58,700 (+27.8%)	$80,750 → $95,329 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$91,900 → $159,000 (+73.0%)	$207,900 → $276,900 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$978 → $1,114 (+13.9%)	$1,077 → $1,411 (+31.0%)

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

Windcrest

Population

5,8515,815

Median household income

$80,750$95,329

Median home value

$207,900$276,900

Median gross rent

$1,077$1,411

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kirby	Windcrest
Under 5	8.0%	3.5%
5 to 17	16.4%	7.3%
18 to 24	9.5%	8.7%
25 to 34	9.3%	11.7%
35 to 44	13.2%	10.3%
45 to 54	10.7%	10.6%
55 to 64	11.4%	8.5%
65 to 74	15.1%	21.0%
75 and over	6.6%	18.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kirby	Windcrest
White (non-Hispanic)	22.8%	46.7%
Black or African American	12.4%	11.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.2%	5.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	58.7%	32.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kirby	Windcrest
No high school diploma	23.0%	5.8%
High school graduate	33.0%	16.6%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	27.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	19.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kirby	Windcrest
Drove alone	75.1%	68.7%
Carpooled	15.4%	20.8%
Public transit	2.5%	0.5%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	9.2%
Other means	0.7%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kirby	Windcrest
1-unit, detached	78.0%	91.4%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	1.5%
20 or more units	3.2%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	9.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kirby	Windcrest
Poverty rate	9.6%	9.2%
Average household size	2.78	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1977	1973