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Kenton city, Ohio: commercial real estate data.
Kenton city is a Census city of 7,663 people across 4.99 square miles of land, in Hardin County. Median household income is $56,033, 72.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 10 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $3.9 m.
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Kenton
What Kenton is
- Census place typecity
- Land area4.99 sq mi
- Water area0.09 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,535
- County holding the largest share of its areaHardin 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.
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How many people live in Kenton
- Population7,663
- Median age41.0
- Population under 181,663
- Share under 1821.7 percent
- Population 65 and over1,505
- Share 65 and over19.6 percent
- Households3,347
- Family households2,182
- Share of households that are families65.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Kenton
- Median household income$56,033
- Per capita income$34,150
- Civilian labor force3,557
- Employed3,353
- Unemployed204 plus or minus 137
- Unemployment rate5.7 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Adults 25 and over5,108
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher91.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher16.8 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree3.8 percent plus or minus 2.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Kenton
- Housing units3,653
- Occupied units3,347
- Vacant units306 plus or minus 167
- Vacancy rate8.4 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Owner occupied2,426
- Renter occupied921 plus or minus 270
- Ownership rate72.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$107,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$625 plus or minus $141
- Annual rent as a share of median income13.4 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Single family units2,718
- Share single family74.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more538 plus or minus 203
- Share in buildings of two or more14.7 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Mobile homes397 plus or minus 170
- Median year structure built1957
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Kenton gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute3,249
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,801 plus or minus 392
- Share commuting under 15 minutes55.4 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,158 plus or minus 270
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more35.6 percent
- Drove alone83.3 percent
- Carpooled8.4 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked6.5 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Worked from home1.8 percent plus or minus 1.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Kenton (7(a))
- Approvals10
- Gross approval$3,927,600
- Average approval$392,760
- Median approval$143,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,615,000
- Largest approval$2,615,000
- Jobs supported29
- Jobs per approval2.9
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS6
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 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.
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Flood risk in Kenton
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number390253
- Currently effective map date07/03/24
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.
Hardin County, not Kenton
Hardin County context, not Kenton figures
These are Hardin County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Kenton measurements.
- Establishments in Hardin County421
- Employment at those establishments, Hardin County6,502
- Covered employment, Hardin County7,675
- Average annual pay, Hardin County$49,899
- Average weekly wage, Hardin County$960
- Housing units permitted, Hardin County24
- Of those, single family, Hardin County24
- County product, 2024, Hardin County$1,365,350,000
- County product change over the prior year, Hardin County8.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Hardin County$42,309
Every figure in this section is published for Hardin County as a whole and is not a measurement of Kenton. 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
Kenton questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Kenton, Ohio?
7,663, in 3,347 households. Kenton city covers 4.99 square miles of land, which is 1,535 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Kenton in?
Hardin 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 Kenton?
$56,033. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $107,100. Median gross rent is $625 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Kenton businesses?
10 7(a) approvals totalling $3.9 m, across 2 lenders, median approval $143,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Kenton, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Kenton borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Kenton. only 1 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 Kenton in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Kenton appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 390253, 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 Kenton figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Hardin 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 Kenton.
Is zoning published for Kenton?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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