Hitchcock vs Kemah

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

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

Hitchcock has the higher population (7,480 vs 1,952 in Kemah). Kemah has the higher median household income ($95,152 vs $77,713 in Hitchcock). Kemah has the higher median home value ($268,900 vs $159,500 in Hitchcock).

Population, income & housing

	Hitchcock	Kemah
Population	7,480	1,952
Median age	36.6 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$77,713	$95,152
Median home value	$159,500	$268,900
Median gross rent	$1,370	$1,579
Housing units	3,040	872
Homeownership rate	74.2%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	33.0%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hitchcock	Kemah
Population	7,800 → 7,480 (-4.1%)	3,057 → 1,952 (-36.1%)
Median household income	$57,829 → $77,713 (+34.4%)	$73,068 → $95,152 (+30.2%)
Median home value	$114,000 → $159,500 (+39.9%)	$204,000 → $268,900 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$870 → $1,370 (+57.5%)	$1,525 → $1,579 (+3.5%)

Hitchcock

Population

7,8007,480

Median household income

$57,829$77,713

Median home value

$114,000$159,500

Median gross rent

$870$1,370

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)

	Hitchcock	Kemah
Under 5	7.9%	5.1%
5 to 17	18.5%	19.6%
18 to 24	10.9%	8.5%
25 to 34	10.1%	13.5%
35 to 44	12.8%	9.7%
45 to 54	13.3%	11.9%
55 to 64	11.5%	17.0%
65 to 74	10.7%	11.2%
75 and over	4.2%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hitchcock	Kemah
White (non-Hispanic)	40.3%	53.7%
Black or African American	27.9%	6.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.8%
Two or more races	4.9%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	26.4%	30.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hitchcock	Kemah
No high school diploma	11.6%	8.7%
High school graduate	32.3%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hitchcock	Kemah
Drove alone	86.6%	73.1%
Carpooled	7.1%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	4.0%	13.1%
Other means	1.7%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hitchcock	Kemah
1-unit, detached	76.3%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	8.7%
20 or more units	4.3%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	10.8%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Hitchcock	Kemah
Poverty rate	17.4%	18.3%
Average household size	2.70	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	28	31
Median year structure built	1983	1995