Kennedy vs Vernon

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

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

Vernon has the higher population (1,819 vs 504 in Kennedy). Kennedy has the higher median household income ($42,031 vs $27,174 in Vernon). Vernon has the higher median home value ($112,500 vs $103,400 in Kennedy).

Population, income & housing

	Kennedy	Vernon
Population	504	1,819
Median age	48.9 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$42,031	$27,174
Median home value	$103,400	$112,500
Median gross rent	$667	$464
Housing units	230	1,058
Homeownership rate	82.9%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	12.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kennedy	Vernon
Population	448 → 504 (+12.5%)	1,961 → 1,819 (-7.2%)
Median household income	$41,786 → $42,031 (+0.6%)	$28,885 → $27,174 (-5.9%)
Median home value	$89,300 → $103,400 (+15.8%)	$101,300 → $112,500 (+11.1%)
Median gross rent	$260 → $667 (+156.5%)	$381 → $464 (+21.8%)

Kennedy

Population

448504

Median household income

$41,786$42,031

Median home value

$89,300$103,400

Median gross rent

$260$667

Vernon

Population

1,9611,819

Median household income

$28,885$27,174

Median home value

$101,300$112,500

Median gross rent

$381$464

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kennedy	Vernon
Under 5	4.0%	11.5%
5 to 17	13.7%	12.4%
18 to 24	3.2%	6.5%
25 to 34	12.3%	15.5%
35 to 44	7.1%	7.3%
45 to 54	16.1%	15.0%
55 to 64	18.1%	14.7%
65 to 74	12.5%	12.1%
75 and over	13.1%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kennedy	Vernon
White (non-Hispanic)	82.7%	75.0%
Black or African American	10.9%	19.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kennedy	Vernon
No high school diploma	11.5%	13.4%
High school graduate	46.9%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	40.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kennedy	Vernon
Drove alone	71.3%	86.2%
Carpooled	21.1%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	3.8%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kennedy	Vernon
1-unit, detached	69.6%	41.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	42.1%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	8.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.6%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Kennedy	Vernon
Poverty rate	11.5%	29.5%
Average household size	2.53	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1974	1975