Kempner is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 1,269 people and two associated neighborhoods, Kempner is the 799th largest community in Texas.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 19.29% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

Kempner’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.

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.

The population of Kempner has a very low overall level of education: only 9.39% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

The per capita income in Kempner in 2022 was $33,412, which is upper middle income relative to Texas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $133,648 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 19.97% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Kempner include German, Irish, Scottish, English, and Swedish.

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