Kempner vs Lometa

A side-by-side comparison of Kempner and Lometa: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kempner has the higher population (1,242 vs 787 in Lometa). Kempner has the higher median household income ($76,250 vs $53,333 in Lometa). Kempner has the higher median home value ($196,900 vs $118,300 in Lometa).

Population, income & housing

	Kempner	Lometa
Population	1,242	787
Median age	45.6 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$76,250	$53,333
Median home value	$196,900	$118,300
Median gross rent	$1,067	$663
Housing units	459	301
Homeownership rate	69.0%	59.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kempner	Lometa
Population	1,294 → 1,242 (-4.0%)	524 → 787 (+50.2%)
Median household income	$60,375 → $76,250 (+26.3%)	$29,583 → $53,333 (+80.3%)
Median home value	$134,100 → $196,900 (+46.8%)	$73,300 → $118,300 (+61.4%)
Median gross rent	$889 → $1,067 (+20.0%)	$619 → $663 (+7.1%)

Kempner

Population

1,2941,242

Median household income

$60,375$76,250

Median home value

$134,100$196,900

Median gross rent

$889$1,067

Lometa

Population

524787

Median household income

$29,583$53,333

Median home value

$73,300$118,300

Median gross rent

$619$663

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kempner	Lometa
Under 5	6.1%	6.4%
5 to 17	15.6%	12.6%
18 to 24	7.1%	15.0%
25 to 34	9.0%	12.6%
35 to 44	11.0%	12.1%
45 to 54	16.8%	11.9%
55 to 64	20.9%	16.1%
65 to 74	9.5%	6.9%
75 and over	3.9%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kempner	Lometa
White (non-Hispanic)	66.0%	71.3%
Black or African American	9.3%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	6.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	20.0%	20.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kempner	Lometa
No high school diploma	10.3%	22.9%
High school graduate	39.5%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	40.8%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kempner	Lometa
Drove alone	69.0%	66.3%
Carpooled	10.2%	23.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.3%	4.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kempner	Lometa
1-unit, detached	63.2%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	33.1%	21.3%

Poverty & households

	Kempner	Lometa
Poverty rate	1.8%	19.0%
Average household size	3.03	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	30	19
Median year structure built	1991	1971