Dogtown vs Kennedy

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

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

Dogtown has the higher population (3,180 vs 2,697 in Kennedy). Dogtown has the higher median household income ($126,042 vs $58,859 in Kennedy). Dogtown has the higher median home value ($696,700 vs $318,000 in Kennedy).

Population, income & housing

	Dogtown	Kennedy
Population	3,180	2,697
Median age	43.9 yrs	30.4 yrs
Median household income	$126,042	$58,859
Median home value	$696,700	$318,000
Median gross rent	$2,218	$1,691
Housing units	1,177	878
Homeownership rate	80.1%	44.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	4.0%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dogtown	Kennedy
Population	2,643 → 3,180 (+20.3%)	3,356 → 2,697 (-19.6%)
Median household income	$90,500 → $126,042 (+39.3%)	$45,972 → $58,859 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$552,500 → $696,700 (+26.1%)	$166,600 → $318,000 (+90.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,344 → $2,218 (+65.0%)	$1,127 → $1,691 (+50.0%)

Dogtown

Population

2,6433,180

Median household income

$90,500$126,042

Median home value

$552,500$696,700

Median gross rent

$1,344$2,218

Kennedy

Population

3,3562,697

Median household income

$45,972$58,859

Median home value

$166,600$318,000

Median gross rent

$1,127$1,691

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dogtown	Kennedy
Under 5	5.8%	8.9%
5 to 17	14.5%	19.5%
18 to 24	8.2%	12.1%
25 to 34	13.7%	13.7%
35 to 44	8.8%	16.1%
45 to 54	17.1%	11.7%
55 to 64	14.1%	8.0%
65 to 74	10.9%	5.7%
75 and over	6.9%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dogtown	Kennedy
White (non-Hispanic)	53.5%	4.8%
Black or African American	0.5%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	9.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	38.1%	83.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dogtown	Kennedy
No high school diploma	10.6%	45.0%
High school graduate	33.6%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	16.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	3.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dogtown	Kennedy
Drove alone	71.4%	73.4%
Carpooled	4.7%	16.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.3%	6.1%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dogtown	Kennedy
1-unit, detached	89.5%	91.5%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Dogtown	Kennedy
Poverty rate	5.9%	20.5%
Average household size	2.93	3.31
Mean commute (minutes)	38	47
Median year structure built	1977	1966