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Kempner, TX
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Living in Kempner



Kempner is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 1,235 people and two associated neighborhoods, Kempner is the 799th largest community in Texas.

Kempner real estate is some of the most expensive in Texas, although Kempner house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Of important note, Kempner is also a city of artists. Kempner has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Kempner’s character.

A relatively large number of people in Kempner telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 15.46% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Overall, Kempner’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.

It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Kempner has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Kempner has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Kempner than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Kempner may be for you.

Kempner is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

In Kempner, just 9.10% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.

The per capita income in Kempner in 2022 was $29,541, which is middle income relative to Texas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $118,164 for a family of four. However, Kempner contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Kempner is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Kempner home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kempner residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Kempner also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.78% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Kempner include Irish, German, Swedish, English, and French.

The most common language spoken in Kempner is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.


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