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Kenton town, Tennessee: commercial real estate data.
Kenton town is a Census town of 1,513 people across 2.52 square miles of land, lying across Gibson County and Obion County. Median household income is $41,525, 57.1 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Kenton
What Kenton is
- Census place typetown
- Land area2.52 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land600 plus or minus 147
- County holding the largest share of its areaGibson County, 51.0 percent
- Counties this place lies inGibson County 51.0 percent, Obion County 49.0 percent
Kenton 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.
Kenton
How many people live in Kenton
- Population1,513 plus or minus 370
- Median age39.5 plus or minus 8.1
- Population under 18359 plus or minus 125
- Share under 1823.7 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Population 65 and over266 plus or minus 88
- Share 65 and over17.6 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Households583 plus or minus 118
- Family households409 plus or minus 108
- Share of households that are families70.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Kenton
Income and work in Kenton
- Median household income$41,525
- Per capita income$20,095
- Civilian labor force516 plus or minus 138
- Employed497 plus or minus 136
- Unemployed19 plus or minus 19
- Unemployment rate3.7 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Adults 25 and over1,105 plus or minus 304
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.5 percent plus or minus 33.0
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher5.9 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree2.1 percent plus or minus 1.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Kenton
Housing in Kenton
- Housing units689
- Occupied units583 plus or minus 118
- Vacant units106 plus or minus 56
- Vacancy rate15.4 percent plus or minus 7.7
- Owner occupied333 plus or minus 98
- Renter occupied250 plus or minus 76
- Ownership rate57.1 percent plus or minus 12.2
- Median owner-occupied home value$111,200 plus or minus $32,198
- Median gross rent, monthly$704
- Annual rent as a share of median income20.3 percent
- Single family units591 plus or minus 122
- Share single family85.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more93 plus or minus 54
- Share in buildings of two or more13.5 percent plus or minus 7.5
- Mobile homes5 plus or minus 8
- Median year structure built1966
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Kenton
How Kenton gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute471 plus or minus 136
- Commuting under 15 minutes100 plus or minus 48
- Share commuting under 15 minutes21.2 percent plus or minus 8.0
- Commuting 30 minutes or more287 plus or minus 106
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more60.9 percent plus or minus 14.1
- Drove alone89.5 percent
- Carpooled3.0 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Public transport1.0 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home4.8 percent plus or minus 5.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Gibson County, not Kenton
Gibson County context, not Kenton figures
These are Gibson 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 Gibson County951
- Employment at those establishments, Gibson County12,656
- Covered employment, Gibson County14,908
- Average annual pay, Gibson County$48,973
- Average weekly wage, Gibson County$942
- Housing units permitted, Gibson County152
- Of those, single family, Gibson County150
- County product, 2024, Gibson County$2,016,657,000
- County product change over the prior year, Gibson County-1.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Gibson County$52,422
Every figure in this section is published for Gibson 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.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- 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, Tennessee?
1,513, in 583 households. Kenton town covers 2.52 square miles of land, which is 600 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?
Kenton lies in more than one. By area it is 51.0 percent in Gibson County, 49.0 percent in Obion County. This page sits under Gibson 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 Kenton?
$41,525. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $111,200. Median gross rent is $704 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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 Gibson 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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