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Kenly town, North Carolina: commercial real estate data.
Kenly town is a Census town of 2,359 people across 1.88 square miles of land, lying across Johnston County and Wilson County. Median household income is $57,045, 54.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.4 m.
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Kenly
What Kenly is
- Census place typetown
- Land area1.88 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,256 plus or minus 373
- County holding the largest share of its areaJohnston County, 96.0 percent
- Counties this place lies inJohnston County 96.0 percent, Wilson County 4.0 percent
Kenly town crosses a county line. The split above is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries, by area, so it says where the ground is and not where the town hall is.
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Kenly
How many people live in Kenly
- Population2,359 plus or minus 701
- Median age36.2 plus or minus 8.1
- Population under 18617 plus or minus 237
- Share under 1826.2 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Population 65 and over271 plus or minus 85
- Share 65 and over11.5 percent
- Households898
- Family households520 plus or minus 152
- Share of households that are families57.9 percent plus or minus 13.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Kenly
Income and work in Kenly
- Median household income$57,045 plus or minus $22,744
- Per capita income$26,615
- Civilian labor force1,155 plus or minus 283
- Employed1,094 plus or minus 275
- Unemployed61 plus or minus 49
- Unemployment rate5.3 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Adults 25 and over1,505 plus or minus 337
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher82.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher7.9 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.5 percent plus or minus 2.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Kenly
Housing in Kenly
- Housing units935
- Occupied units898
- Vacant units37 plus or minus 31
- Vacancy rate4.0 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Owner occupied487 plus or minus 132
- Renter occupied411 plus or minus 139
- Ownership rate54.2 percent plus or minus 10.9
- Median owner-occupied home value$205,200 plus or minus $41,556
- Median gross rent, monthly$787
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.6 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Single family units627 plus or minus 171
- Share single family67.1 percent plus or minus 13.9
- Units in buildings of two or more165 plus or minus 94
- Share in buildings of two or more17.6 percent plus or minus 9.6
- Mobile homes143 plus or minus 68
- Median year structure built1973
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Kenly
How Kenly gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,028 plus or minus 273
- Commuting under 15 minutes319 plus or minus 203
- Share commuting under 15 minutes31.0 percent plus or minus 18.0
- Commuting 30 minutes or more411 plus or minus 128
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more40.0 percent
- Drove alone73.3 percent plus or minus 26.7
- Carpooled14.9 percent plus or minus 7.7
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked9.4 percent plus or minus 14.6
- Worked from home2.4 percent plus or minus 2.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Kenly
SBA 7(a) lending to Kenly borrowers
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$1,370,000
- Average approval$685,000
- Median approval$1,250,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,250,000
- Largest approval$1,250,000
- Jobs supported23
- Jobs per approval11.5
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises50.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 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.
Kenly
SBA 504 lending to Kenly borrowers
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$2,914,000
- Average approval$1,457,000
- Median approval$2,029,000
- Largest approval$2,029,000
- Jobs supported34
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Kenly
Flood programme status in Kenly
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number370501
- Currently effective map date01/05/07
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Johnston County, not Kenly
Johnston County context, not Kenly figures
These are Johnston County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Kenly measurements.
- Establishments in Johnston County4,151
- Employment at those establishments, Johnston County49,067
- Covered employment, Johnston County61,005
- Average annual pay, Johnston County$55,305
- Average weekly wage, Johnston County$1,064
- Housing units permitted, Johnston County2,783
- Of those, single family, Johnston County2,775
- County product, 2024, Johnston County$11,573,120,000
- County product change over the prior year, Johnston County10.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Johnston County$64,727
Every figure in this section is published for Johnston County as a whole and is not a measurement of Kenly. 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.
- 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
Kenly questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Kenly, North Carolina?
2,359, in 898 households. Kenly town covers 1.88 square miles of land, which is 1,256 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Kenly in?
Kenly lies in more than one. By area it is 96.0 percent in Johnston County, 4.0 percent in Wilson County. This page sits under Johnston County because that county holds the largest share. The split is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries.
What is the median household income in Kenly?
$57,045. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $205,200. Median gross rent is $787 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Kenly businesses?
2 7(a) approvals totalling $1.4 m, across 2 lenders, median approval $1,250,000, plus 2 504 approvals worth $2.9 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Kenly, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Kenly borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Kenly. only 0 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.
Is Kenly in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Kenly appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 370501, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Kenly figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Johnston 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 Kenly.
Is zoning published for Kenly?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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