Keene vs The Homesteads

A side-by-side comparison of Keene and The Homesteads: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Keene has the higher population (6,574 vs 3,113 in The Homesteads). The Homesteads has the higher median household income ($64,037 vs $50,796 in Keene). Keene has the higher median home value ($219,900 vs $112,100 in The Homesteads).

Population, income & housing

	Keene	The Homesteads
Population	6,574	3,113
Median age	33.8 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$50,796	$64,037
Median home value	$219,900	$112,100
Median gross rent	$950	$1,107
Housing units	2,629	1,022
Homeownership rate	52.8%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Keene	The Homesteads
Population	6,396 → 6,574 (+2.8%)	3,333 → 3,113 (-6.6%)
Median household income	$47,813 → $50,796 (+6.2%)	$53,971 → $64,037 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$142,200 → $219,900 (+54.6%)	$72,000 → $112,100 (+55.7%)
Median gross rent	$834 → $950 (+13.9%)	$1,462 → $1,107 (-24.3%)

Keene

Population

6,3966,574

Median household income

$47,813$50,796

Median home value

$142,200$219,900

Median gross rent

$834$950

The Homesteads

Population

3,3333,113

Median household income

$53,971$64,037

Median home value

$72,000$112,100

Median gross rent

$1,462$1,107

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Keene	The Homesteads
Under 5	4.7%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.4%	24.0%
18 to 24	17.6%	5.7%
25 to 34	12.1%	10.7%
35 to 44	9.6%	10.9%
45 to 54	13.7%	12.5%
55 to 64	8.9%	12.3%
65 to 74	6.2%	13.2%
75 and over	10.8%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Keene	The Homesteads
White (non-Hispanic)	58.2%	32.8%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	30.2%	66.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Keene	The Homesteads
No high school diploma	13.7%	43.1%
High school graduate	32.8%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	14.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Keene	The Homesteads
Drove alone	81.5%	89.8%
Carpooled	8.9%	2.3%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Keene	The Homesteads
1-unit, detached	50.2%	22.7%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.3%	77.3%

Poverty & households

	Keene	The Homesteads
Poverty rate	13.1%	29.8%
Average household size	2.67	3.82
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	1985	1999