Kemp vs Oak Ridge

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

Kemp and Oak Ridge 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 811 in Oak Ridge). Oak Ridge has the higher median household income ($92,750 vs $69,875 in Kemp). Oak Ridge has the higher median home value ($318,400 vs $168,300 in Kemp).

Population, income & housing

	Kemp	Oak Ridge
Population	1,389	811
Median age	38.8 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$69,875	$92,750
Median home value	$168,300	$318,400
Median gross rent	$1,080	$1,054
Housing units	531	259
Homeownership rate	64.3%	88.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kemp	Oak Ridge
Population	982 → 1,389 (+41.4%)	698 → 811 (+16.2%)
Median household income	$39,038 → $69,875 (+79.0%)	$86,250 → $92,750 (+7.5%)
Median home value	$70,000 → $168,300 (+140.4%)	$189,300 → $318,400 (+68.2%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $1,080 (+56.1%)	$794 → $1,054 (+32.7%)

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 Ridge

Population

698811

Median household income

$86,250$92,750

Median home value

$189,300$318,400

Median gross rent

$794$1,054

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kemp	Oak Ridge
Under 5	9.1%	7.9%
5 to 17	19.8%	17.1%
18 to 24	3.8%	5.2%
25 to 34	14.6%	15.8%
35 to 44	12.2%	16.3%
45 to 54	11.3%	11.0%
55 to 64	9.0%	14.7%
65 to 74	6.5%	7.6%
75 and over	13.7%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kemp	Oak Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	73.1%	49.1%
Black or African American	2.4%	9.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	3.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	0.8%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	22.8%	36.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kemp	Oak Ridge
No high school diploma	19.3%	12.2%
High school graduate	37.4%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kemp	Oak Ridge
Drove alone	83.0%	70.7%
Carpooled	5.1%	15.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	14.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kemp	Oak Ridge
1-unit, detached	80.0%	93.1%
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%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Kemp	Oak Ridge
Poverty rate	11.1%	2.5%
Average household size	2.83	3.24
Mean commute (minutes)	45	42
Median year structure built	1977	2000