Bolivar Peninsula vs Kemah

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

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

Bolivar Peninsula has the higher population (2,995 vs 1,952 in Kemah). Kemah has the higher median household income ($95,152 vs $71,970 in Bolivar Peninsula). Bolivar Peninsula has the higher median home value ($316,400 vs $268,900 in Kemah).

Population, income & housing

	Bolivar Peninsula	Kemah
Population	2,995	1,952
Median age	62.6 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$71,970	$95,152
Median home value	$316,400	$268,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,579
Housing units	3,275	872
Homeownership rate	91.7%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	33.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bolivar Peninsula	Kemah
Population	2,549 → 2,995 (+17.5%)	3,057 → 1,952 (-36.1%)
Median household income	$52,804 → $71,970 (+36.3%)	$73,068 → $95,152 (+30.2%)
Median home value	$175,200 → $316,400 (+80.6%)	$204,000 → $268,900 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$566 → $508 (-10.2%)	$1,525 → $1,579 (+3.5%)

Bolivar Peninsula

Population

2,5492,995

Median household income

$52,804$71,970

Median home value

$175,200$316,400

Median gross rent

$566$508

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)

	Bolivar Peninsula	Kemah
Under 5	6.0%	5.1%
5 to 17	3.5%	19.6%
18 to 24	1.2%	8.5%
25 to 34	6.9%	13.5%
35 to 44	4.6%	9.7%
45 to 54	3.8%	11.9%
55 to 64	34.7%	17.0%
65 to 74	31.3%	11.2%
75 and over	8.0%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bolivar Peninsula	Kemah
White (non-Hispanic)	75.8%	53.7%
Black or African American	6.2%	6.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	0.8%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	17.2%	30.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bolivar Peninsula	Kemah
No high school diploma	4.3%	8.7%
High school graduate	41.9%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bolivar Peninsula	Kemah
Drove alone	75.4%	73.1%
Carpooled	11.1%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	8.4%	13.1%
Other means	5.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bolivar Peninsula	Kemah
1-unit, detached	91.8%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.7%
20 or more units	1.3%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Bolivar Peninsula	Kemah
Poverty rate	11.0%	18.3%
Average household size	1.97	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	45	31
Median year structure built	2004	1995