Bacliff vs Kemah

A side-by-side comparison of Bacliff and Kemah: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bacliff has the higher population (9,935 vs 1,952 in Kemah). Kemah has the higher median household income ($95,152 vs $54,806 in Bacliff). Kemah has the higher median home value ($268,900 vs $168,000 in Bacliff).

Population, income & housing

	Bacliff	Kemah
Population	9,935	1,952
Median age	34.4 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$54,806	$95,152
Median home value	$168,000	$268,900
Median gross rent	$1,169	$1,579
Housing units	3,950	872
Homeownership rate	61.5%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	33.0%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bacliff	Kemah
Population	10,856 → 9,935 (-8.5%)	3,057 → 1,952 (-36.1%)
Median household income	$46,063 → $54,806 (+19.0%)	$73,068 → $95,152 (+30.2%)
Median home value	$128,100 → $168,000 (+31.1%)	$204,000 → $268,900 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$925 → $1,169 (+26.4%)	$1,525 → $1,579 (+3.5%)

Bacliff

Population

10,8569,935

Median household income

$46,063$54,806

Median home value

$128,100$168,000

Median gross rent

$925$1,169

Kemah

Population

3,0571,952

Median household income

$73,068$95,152

Median home value

$204,000$268,900

Median gross rent

$1,525$1,579

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bacliff	Kemah
Under 5	4.8%	5.1%
5 to 17	24.1%	19.6%
18 to 24	8.9%	8.5%
25 to 34	14.0%	13.5%
35 to 44	15.5%	9.7%
45 to 54	14.0%	11.9%
55 to 64	11.6%	17.0%
65 to 74	4.7%	11.2%
75 and over	2.4%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bacliff	Kemah
White (non-Hispanic)	43.1%	53.7%
Black or African American	7.5%	6.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.8%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	45.6%	30.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bacliff	Kemah
No high school diploma	21.9%	8.7%
High school graduate	23.1%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bacliff	Kemah
Drove alone	77.5%	73.1%
Carpooled	11.7%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	6.3%	13.1%
Other means	1.5%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bacliff	Kemah
1-unit, detached	66.4%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	8.7%
20 or more units	1.6%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	22.8%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Bacliff	Kemah
Poverty rate	28.0%	18.3%
Average household size	2.68	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	1990	1995