Jamaica Beach vs Kemah

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

Jamaica Beach 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 991 in Jamaica Beach). Kemah has the higher median household income ($95,152 vs $88,077 in Jamaica Beach). Jamaica Beach has the higher median home value ($313,600 vs $268,900 in Kemah).

Population, income & housing

	Jamaica Beach	Kemah
Population	991	1,952
Median age	61.6 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$88,077	$95,152
Median home value	$313,600	$268,900
Median gross rent	$1,732	$1,579
Housing units	1,424	872
Homeownership rate	93.6%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.8%	33.0%
Unemployment rate	16.5%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jamaica Beach	Kemah
Population	1,117 → 991 (-11.3%)	3,057 → 1,952 (-36.1%)
Median household income	$71,827 → $88,077 (+22.6%)	$73,068 → $95,152 (+30.2%)
Median home value	$226,100 → $313,600 (+38.7%)	$204,000 → $268,900 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,231 → $1,732 (+40.7%)	$1,525 → $1,579 (+3.5%)

Jamaica Beach

Population

1,117991

Median household income

$71,827$88,077

Median home value

$226,100$313,600

Median gross rent

$1,231$1,732

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)

	Jamaica Beach	Kemah
Under 5	1.3%	5.1%
5 to 17	4.0%	19.6%
18 to 24	1.3%	8.5%
25 to 34	7.7%	13.5%
35 to 44	9.0%	9.7%
45 to 54	8.9%	11.9%
55 to 64	30.7%	17.0%
65 to 74	31.9%	11.2%
75 and over	5.2%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jamaica Beach	Kemah
White (non-Hispanic)	71.5%	53.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.3%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.9%	30.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jamaica Beach	Kemah
No high school diploma	1.7%	8.7%
High school graduate	9.6%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	32.1%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	23.7%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jamaica Beach	Kemah
Drove alone	62.1%	73.1%
Carpooled	5.3%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	32.6%	13.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jamaica Beach	Kemah
1-unit, detached	99.4%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Jamaica Beach	Kemah
Poverty rate	6.2%	18.3%
Average household size	1.61	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	28	31
Median year structure built	1981	1995