Kemah vs Tiki Island

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

Kemah and Tiki Island 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 1,209 in Tiki Island). Tiki Island has the higher median household income ($124,000 vs $95,152 in Kemah). Tiki Island has the higher median home value ($618,800 vs $268,900 in Kemah).

Population, income & housing

	Kemah	Tiki Island
Population	1,952	1,209
Median age	38.6 yrs	57.8 yrs
Median household income	$95,152	$124,000
Median home value	$268,900	$618,800
Median gross rent	$1,579	$2,202
Housing units	872	1,166
Homeownership rate	65.0%	93.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.0%	50.1%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kemah	Tiki Island
Population	3,057 → 1,952 (-36.1%)	1,051 → 1,209 (+15.0%)
Median household income	$73,068 → $95,152 (+30.2%)	$129,583 → $124,000 (-4.3%)
Median home value	$204,000 → $268,900 (+31.8%)	$478,300 → $618,800 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,525 → $1,579 (+3.5%)	$1,444 → $2,202 (+52.5%)

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

Tiki Island

Population

1,0511,209

Median household income

$129,583$124,000

Median home value

$478,300$618,800

Median gross rent

$1,444$2,202

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kemah	Tiki Island
Under 5	5.1%	2.0%
5 to 17	19.6%	5.0%
18 to 24	8.5%	2.3%
25 to 34	13.5%	5.5%
35 to 44	9.7%	9.3%
45 to 54	11.9%	16.9%
55 to 64	17.0%	33.5%
65 to 74	11.2%	19.9%
75 and over	3.6%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kemah	Tiki Island
White (non-Hispanic)	53.7%	82.7%
Black or African American	6.3%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.4%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	30.8%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kemah	Tiki Island
No high school diploma	8.7%	1.9%
High school graduate	21.3%	19.8%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	24.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kemah	Tiki Island
Drove alone	73.1%	65.6%
Carpooled	11.6%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.1%	30.8%
Other means	0.2%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kemah	Tiki Island
1-unit, detached	72.1%	96.7%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	1.5%
20 or more units	6.3%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kemah	Tiki Island
Poverty rate	18.3%	3.5%
Average household size	2.53	1.82
Mean commute (minutes)	31	36
Median year structure built	1995	1993