Kirbyville vs Sam Rayburn

A side-by-side comparison of Kirbyville and Sam Rayburn: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kirbyville has the higher population (2,027 vs 1,163 in Sam Rayburn). Sam Rayburn has the higher median household income ($80,500 vs $34,688 in Kirbyville). Sam Rayburn has the higher median home value ($232,000 vs $88,800 in Kirbyville).

Population, income & housing

	Kirbyville	Sam Rayburn
Population	2,027	1,163
Median age	38.0 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$34,688	$80,500
Median home value	$88,800	$232,000
Median gross rent	$585	$876
Housing units	938	824
Homeownership rate	63.3%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.2%	32.3%
Unemployment rate	19.0%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kirbyville	Sam Rayburn
Population	2,631 → 2,027 (-23.0%)	950 → 1,163 (+22.4%)
Median household income	$24,503 → $34,688 (+41.6%)	$75,130 → $80,500 (+7.1%)
Median home value	$73,600 → $88,800 (+20.7%)	$209,300 → $232,000 (+10.8%)
Median gross rent	$605 → $585 (-3.3%)	$1,179 → $876 (-25.7%)

Kirbyville

Population

2,6312,027

Median household income

$24,503$34,688

Median home value

$73,600$88,800

Median gross rent

$605$585

Sam Rayburn

Population

9501,163

Median household income

$75,130$80,500

Median home value

$209,300$232,000

Median gross rent

$1,179$876

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kirbyville	Sam Rayburn
Under 5	6.9%	7.3%
5 to 17	19.8%	13.5%
18 to 24	8.9%	5.9%
25 to 34	10.6%	6.6%
35 to 44	14.7%	6.2%
45 to 54	10.6%	11.8%
55 to 64	10.4%	17.4%
65 to 74	12.1%	16.3%
75 and over	6.2%	15.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kirbyville	Sam Rayburn
White (non-Hispanic)	69.8%	90.6%
Black or African American	14.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	2.9%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	12.8%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kirbyville	Sam Rayburn
No high school diploma	10.6%	4.5%
High school graduate	49.5%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kirbyville	Sam Rayburn
Drove alone	73.7%	72.9%
Carpooled	18.3%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	10.3%
Other means	2.2%	6.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kirbyville	Sam Rayburn
1-unit, detached	51.1%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	10.7%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	13.5%	11.8%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	1.8%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.1%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Kirbyville	Sam Rayburn
Poverty rate	34.3%	4.2%
Average household size	2.36	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	37	27
Median year structure built	1981	1988