Kerens vs Retreat

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

Kerens and Retreat 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 654 in Retreat). Retreat has the higher median household income ($86,667 vs $50,313 in Kerens). Retreat has the higher median home value ($184,500 vs $126,400 in Kerens).

Population, income & housing

	Kerens	Retreat
Population	1,898	654
Median age	30.7 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,313	$86,667
Median home value	$126,400	$184,500
Median gross rent	$807	$1,583
Housing units	742	231
Homeownership rate	52.2%	95.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	11.8%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kerens	Retreat
Population	1,881 → 1,898 (+0.9%)	459 → 654 (+42.5%)
Median household income	$35,708 → $50,313 (+40.9%)	$57,813 → $86,667 (+49.9%)
Median home value	$77,900 → $126,400 (+62.3%)	$128,100 → $184,500 (+44.0%)
Median gross rent	$495 → $807 (+63.0%)	$1,094 → $1,583 (+44.7%)

Kerens

Population

1,8811,898

Median household income

$35,708$50,313

Median home value

$77,900$126,400

Median gross rent

$495$807

Retreat

Population

459654

Median household income

$57,813$86,667

Median home value

$128,100$184,500

Median gross rent

$1,094$1,583

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kerens	Retreat
Under 5	9.2%	4.4%
5 to 17	26.7%	19.1%
18 to 24	5.6%	14.1%
25 to 34	16.3%	9.2%
35 to 44	10.0%	8.1%
45 to 54	9.5%	19.3%
55 to 64	8.0%	18.2%
65 to 74	8.5%	4.1%
75 and over	6.2%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kerens	Retreat
White (non-Hispanic)	59.5%	56.7%
Black or African American	21.5%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	39.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kerens	Retreat
No high school diploma	9.9%	23.5%
High school graduate	30.9%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kerens	Retreat
Drove alone	87.4%	86.0%
Carpooled	7.9%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kerens	Retreat
1-unit, detached	68.9%	96.1%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.3%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Kerens	Retreat
Poverty rate	15.2%	4.3%
Average household size	2.88	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	33	20
Median year structure built	1970	1991