Corsicana vs Kerens

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

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

Corsicana has the higher population (25,344 vs 1,898 in Kerens). Corsicana has the higher median household income ($51,240 vs $50,313 in Kerens). Corsicana has the higher median home value ($161,400 vs $126,400 in Kerens).

Population, income & housing

	Corsicana	Kerens
Population	25,344	1,898
Median age	34.5 yrs	30.7 yrs
Median household income	$51,240	$50,313
Median home value	$161,400	$126,400
Median gross rent	$1,038	$807
Housing units	9,834	742
Homeownership rate	55.5%	52.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Corsicana	Kerens
Population	23,746 → 25,344 (+6.7%)	1,881 → 1,898 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$42,352 → $51,240 (+21.0%)	$35,708 → $50,313 (+40.9%)
Median home value	$88,800 → $161,400 (+81.8%)	$77,900 → $126,400 (+62.3%)
Median gross rent	$791 → $1,038 (+31.2%)	$495 → $807 (+63.0%)

Corsicana

Population

23,74625,344

Median household income

$42,352$51,240

Median home value

$88,800$161,400

Median gross rent

$791$1,038

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)

	Corsicana	Kerens
Under 5	6.9%	9.2%
5 to 17	19.6%	26.7%
18 to 24	12.2%	5.6%
25 to 34	12.2%	16.3%
35 to 44	12.3%	10.0%
45 to 54	10.8%	9.5%
55 to 64	10.4%	8.0%
65 to 74	9.5%	8.5%
75 and over	6.1%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Corsicana	Kerens
White (non-Hispanic)	39.0%	59.5%
Black or African American	14.6%	21.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.0%	10.0%
Hispanic or Latino	36.0%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Corsicana	Kerens
No high school diploma	23.8%	9.9%
High school graduate	27.9%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Corsicana	Kerens
Drove alone	80.6%	87.4%
Carpooled	12.4%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	2.4%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Corsicana	Kerens
1-unit, detached	72.2%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	13.7%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	4.2%
20 or more units	5.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	9.3%

Poverty & households

	Corsicana	Kerens
Poverty rate	18.3%	15.2%
Average household size	2.78	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	23	33
Median year structure built	1974	1970