Kemp vs Oak Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Kemp and Oak Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

Kemp and Oak Grove are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Kemp has the higher population (1,389 vs 671 in Oak Grove). Oak Grove has the higher median household income ($109,107 vs $69,875 in Kemp). Oak Grove has the higher median home value ($260,700 vs $168,300 in Kemp).

Population, income & housing

	Kemp	Oak Grove
Population	1,389	671
Median age	38.8 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$69,875	$109,107
Median home value	$168,300	$260,700
Median gross rent	$1,080	—
Housing units	531	257
Homeownership rate	64.3%	88.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kemp	Oak Grove
Population	982 → 1,389 (+41.4%)	579 → 671 (+15.9%)
Median household income	$39,038 → $69,875 (+79.0%)	$78,750 → $109,107 (+38.5%)
Median home value	$70,000 → $168,300 (+140.4%)	$171,800 → $260,700 (+51.7%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $1,080 (+56.1%)	—

Kemp

Population

9821,389

Median household income

$39,038$69,875

Median home value

$70,000$168,300

Median gross rent

$692$1,080

Oak Grove

Population

579671

Median household income

$78,750$109,107

Median home value

$171,800$260,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kemp	Oak Grove
Under 5	9.1%	7.2%
5 to 17	19.8%	19.8%
18 to 24	3.8%	5.4%
25 to 34	14.6%	12.7%
35 to 44	12.2%	9.5%
45 to 54	11.3%	17.1%
55 to 64	9.0%	8.5%
65 to 74	6.5%	10.9%
75 and over	13.7%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kemp	Oak Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	73.1%	55.7%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	22.8%	39.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kemp	Oak Grove
No high school diploma	19.3%	11.0%
High school graduate	37.4%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kemp	Oak Grove
Drove alone	83.0%	76.8%
Carpooled	5.1%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kemp	Oak Grove
1-unit, detached	80.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kemp	Oak Grove
Poverty rate	11.1%	10.6%
Average household size	2.83	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	45	37
Median year structure built	1977	1977