Detroit vs Kennedy

A side-by-side comparison of Detroit and Kennedy: population, income, housing, and more.

Detroit and Kennedy are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Kennedy has the higher population (504 vs 230 in Detroit). Kennedy has the higher median household income ($42,031 vs $16,250 in Detroit). Kennedy has the higher median home value ($103,400 vs $76,800 in Detroit).

Population, income & housing

	Detroit	Kennedy
Population	230	504
Median age	42.0 yrs	48.9 yrs
Median household income	$16,250	$42,031
Median home value	$76,800	$103,400
Median gross rent	$376	$667
Housing units	129	230
Homeownership rate	44.0%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	13.2%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Detroit	Kennedy
Population	257 → 230 (-10.5%)	448 → 504 (+12.5%)
Median household income	$31,250 → $16,250 (-48.0%)	$41,786 → $42,031 (+0.6%)
Median home value	$66,500 → $76,800 (+15.5%)	$89,300 → $103,400 (+15.8%)
Median gross rent	$315 → $376 (+19.4%)	$260 → $667 (+156.5%)

Detroit

Population

257230

Median household income

$31,250$16,250

Median home value

$66,500$76,800

Median gross rent

$315$376

Kennedy

Population

448504

Median household income

$41,786$42,031

Median home value

$89,300$103,400

Median gross rent

$260$667

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Detroit	Kennedy
Under 5	13.9%	4.0%
5 to 17	11.3%	13.7%
18 to 24	6.5%	3.2%
25 to 34	17.0%	12.3%
35 to 44	4.3%	7.1%
45 to 54	12.6%	16.1%
55 to 64	13.5%	18.1%
65 to 74	10.0%	12.5%
75 and over	10.9%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Detroit	Kennedy
White (non-Hispanic)	54.8%	82.7%
Black or African American	38.7%	10.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Detroit	Kennedy
No high school diploma	27.4%	11.5%
High school graduate	42.7%	46.9%
Some college or associate's	19.1%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Detroit	Kennedy
Drove alone	53.7%	71.3%
Carpooled	46.3%	21.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Detroit	Kennedy
1-unit, detached	40.3%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	48.8%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.3%	22.6%

Poverty & households

	Detroit	Kennedy
Poverty rate	43.0%	11.5%
Average household size	2.74	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	30	19
Median year structure built	1976	1974