Clear Lake Shores vs Kemah

A side-by-side comparison of Clear Lake Shores and Kemah: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kemah has the higher population (1,952 vs 1,182 in Clear Lake Shores). Clear Lake Shores has the higher median household income ($111,563 vs $95,152 in Kemah). Clear Lake Shores has the higher median home value ($448,500 vs $268,900 in Kemah).

Population, income & housing

	Clear Lake Shores	Kemah
Population	1,182	1,952
Median age	54.4 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$111,563	$95,152
Median home value	$448,500	$268,900
Median gross rent	$1,896	$1,579
Housing units	628	872
Homeownership rate	84.1%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.1%	33.0%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clear Lake Shores	Kemah
Population	1,190 → 1,182 (-0.7%)	3,057 → 1,952 (-36.1%)
Median household income	$106,902 → $111,563 (+4.4%)	$73,068 → $95,152 (+30.2%)
Median home value	$349,000 → $448,500 (+28.5%)	$204,000 → $268,900 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,482 → $1,896 (+27.9%)	$1,525 → $1,579 (+3.5%)

Clear Lake Shores

Population

1,1901,182

Median household income

$106,902$111,563

Median home value

$349,000$448,500

Median gross rent

$1,482$1,896

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)

	Clear Lake Shores	Kemah
Under 5	1.7%	5.1%
5 to 17	12.5%	19.6%
18 to 24	6.5%	8.5%
25 to 34	1.9%	13.5%
35 to 44	7.8%	9.7%
45 to 54	20.4%	11.9%
55 to 64	26.6%	17.0%
65 to 74	12.6%	11.2%
75 and over	10.1%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clear Lake Shores	Kemah
White (non-Hispanic)	82.2%	53.7%
Black or African American	2.1%	6.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	5.4%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	30.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clear Lake Shores	Kemah
No high school diploma	1.7%	8.7%
High school graduate	14.2%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	32.3%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	19.7%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clear Lake Shores	Kemah
Drove alone	74.4%	73.1%
Carpooled	7.9%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	15.1%	13.1%
Other means	2.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clear Lake Shores	Kemah
1-unit, detached	83.3%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	8.7%
20 or more units	6.5%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Clear Lake Shores	Kemah
Poverty rate	6.8%	18.3%
Average household size	2.21	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	33	31
Median year structure built	1988	1995