Blooming Grove vs Kerens

A side-by-side comparison of Blooming Grove and Kerens: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kerens has the higher population (1,898 vs 779 in Blooming Grove). Blooming Grove has the higher median household income ($67,143 vs $50,313 in Kerens). Kerens has the higher median home value ($126,400 vs $104,500 in Blooming Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Blooming Grove	Kerens
Population	779	1,898
Median age	37.0 yrs	30.7 yrs
Median household income	$67,143	$50,313
Median home value	$104,500	$126,400
Median gross rent	$1,105	$807
Housing units	377	742
Homeownership rate	69.1%	52.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blooming Grove	Kerens
Population	823 → 779 (-5.3%)	1,881 → 1,898 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$49,000 → $67,143 (+37.0%)	$35,708 → $50,313 (+40.9%)
Median home value	$78,300 → $104,500 (+33.5%)	$77,900 → $126,400 (+62.3%)
Median gross rent	$857 → $1,105 (+28.9%)	$495 → $807 (+63.0%)

Blooming Grove

Population

823779

Median household income

$49,000$67,143

Median home value

$78,300$104,500

Median gross rent

$857$1,105

Kerens

Population

1,8811,898

Median household income

$35,708$50,313

Median home value

$77,900$126,400

Median gross rent

$495$807

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blooming Grove	Kerens
Under 5	10.0%	9.2%
5 to 17	14.1%	26.7%
18 to 24	11.7%	5.6%
25 to 34	12.8%	16.3%
35 to 44	9.2%	10.0%
45 to 54	15.0%	9.5%
55 to 64	12.6%	8.0%
65 to 74	6.7%	8.5%
75 and over	7.8%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blooming Grove	Kerens
White (non-Hispanic)	81.0%	59.5%
Black or African American	0.9%	21.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.2%	10.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blooming Grove	Kerens
No high school diploma	15.6%	9.9%
High school graduate	28.6%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	45.4%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blooming Grove	Kerens
Drove alone	69.5%	87.4%
Carpooled	11.1%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.5%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blooming Grove	Kerens
1-unit, detached	85.9%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	13.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.3%	9.3%

Poverty & households

	Blooming Grove	Kerens
Poverty rate	11.9%	15.2%
Average household size	2.70	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	33	33
Median year structure built	1963	1970