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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.

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.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 15.46% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Kempner has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Kempner a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

Being a small city, Kempner does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The citizens of Kempner have a very low rate of college education: just 9.10% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.

The per capita income in Kempner in 2018 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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