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Kensington city, Kansas: commercial real estate data.
Kensington city is a Census city of 652 people across 0.34 square miles of land, in Smith County. Median household income is $54,583, 84.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $219,700.
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Kensington
What Kensington is
- Census place typecity
- Land area0.34 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,946 plus or minus 445
- County holding the largest share of its areaSmith County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Kensington
How many people live in Kensington
- Population652 plus or minus 149
- Median age47.9
- Population under 18154 plus or minus 55
- Share under 1823.6 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Population 65 and over191 plus or minus 50
- Share 65 and over29.3 percent
- Households285 plus or minus 66
- Family households167 plus or minus 46
- Share of households that are families58.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Kensington
Income and work in Kensington
- Median household income$54,583 plus or minus $27,189
- Per capita income$32,799
- Civilian labor force280 plus or minus 75
- Employed278 plus or minus 75
- Unemployed2 plus or minus 3
- Unemployment rate0.7 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Adults 25 and over430 plus or minus 96
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher97.7 percent plus or minus 28.6
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher27.4 percent plus or minus 9.1
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.7 percent plus or minus 4.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Kensington
Housing in Kensington
- Housing units326 plus or minus 66
- Occupied units285 plus or minus 66
- Vacant units41 plus or minus 24
- Vacancy rate12.6 percent plus or minus 6.9
- Owner occupied240 plus or minus 64
- Renter occupied45 plus or minus 21
- Ownership rate84.2 percent
- Median gross rent, monthly$554
- Annual rent as a share of median income12.2 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Single family units277 plus or minus 66
- Share single family85.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more35 plus or minus 23
- Share in buildings of two or more10.7 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Mobile homes14 plus or minus 11
- Median year structure built1971
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Kensington gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute268 plus or minus 74
- Commuting under 15 minutes136 plus or minus 47
- Share commuting under 15 minutes50.7 percent plus or minus 10.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more30 plus or minus 18
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more11.2 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Drove alone87.1 percent
- Carpooled5.8 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home3.6 percent plus or minus 2.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Kensington
SBA 7(a) lending to Kensington borrowers
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$219,700
- Average approval$109,850
- Median approval$114,300
- Ninetieth percentile approval$114,300
- Largest approval$114,300
- Jobs supported14
- Jobs per approval7.0
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term60 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Smith County, not Kensington
Smith County context, not Kensington figures
These are Smith County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Kensington measurements.
- Establishments in Smith County126
- Employment at those establishments, Smith County874
- Covered employment, Smith County1,363
- Average annual pay, Smith County$41,908
- Average weekly wage, Smith County$806
- Housing units permitted, Smith County0
- Of those, single family, Smith County0
- County product, 2024, Smith County$220,803,000
- County product change over the prior year, Smith County-15.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Smith County$52,455
Every figure in this section is published for Smith County as a whole and is not a measurement of Kensington. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- No median owner-occupied home value is published for this place.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Kensington questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Kensington, Kansas?
652, in 285 households. Kensington city covers 0.34 square miles of land, which is 1,946 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Kensington in?
Smith County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Kensington?
$54,583. Median gross rent is $554 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Kensington businesses?
2 7(a) approvals totalling $219,700, across 1 lenders, median approval $114,300. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Kensington, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Kensington borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Kensington. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Kensington figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Smith County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Kensington.
Is zoning published for Kensington?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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