Kemah vs San Leon

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

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

San Leon has the higher population (5,764 vs 1,952 in Kemah). Kemah has the higher median household income ($95,152 vs $76,573 in San Leon). Kemah has the higher median home value ($268,900 vs $166,700 in San Leon).

Population, income & housing

	Kemah	San Leon
Population	1,952	5,764
Median age	38.6 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$95,152	$76,573
Median home value	$268,900	$166,700
Median gross rent	$1,579	$1,152
Housing units	872	2,846
Homeownership rate	65.0%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.0%	10.5%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kemah	San Leon
Population	3,057 → 1,952 (-36.1%)	5,336 → 5,764 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$73,068 → $95,152 (+30.2%)	$39,542 → $76,573 (+93.6%)
Median home value	$204,000 → $268,900 (+31.8%)	$130,300 → $166,700 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,525 → $1,579 (+3.5%)	$846 → $1,152 (+36.2%)

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

San Leon

Population

5,3365,764

Median household income

$39,542$76,573

Median home value

$130,300$166,700

Median gross rent

$846$1,152

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kemah	San Leon
Under 5	5.1%	1.7%
5 to 17	19.6%	10.7%
18 to 24	8.5%	7.7%
25 to 34	13.5%	12.9%
35 to 44	9.7%	16.7%
45 to 54	11.9%	19.3%
55 to 64	17.0%	16.5%
65 to 74	11.2%	12.6%
75 and over	3.6%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kemah	San Leon
White (non-Hispanic)	53.7%	47.0%
Black or African American	6.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.4%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	30.8%	48.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kemah	San Leon
No high school diploma	8.7%	29.3%
High school graduate	21.3%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kemah	San Leon
Drove alone	73.1%	67.9%
Carpooled	11.6%	20.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.4%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.1%	8.5%
Other means	0.2%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kemah	San Leon
1-unit, detached	72.1%	61.3%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.3%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	37.1%

Poverty & households

	Kemah	San Leon
Poverty rate	18.3%	8.2%
Average household size	2.53	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	31	32
Median year structure built	1995	1996