Kenwood vs Monte Rio

A side-by-side comparison of Kenwood and Monte Rio: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Monte Rio has the higher population (765 vs 750 in Kenwood). Kenwood has the higher median household income ($125,221 vs $48,922 in Monte Rio). Kenwood has the higher median home value ($884,100 vs $666,200 in Monte Rio).

Population, income & housing

	Kenwood	Monte Rio
Population	750	765
Median age	49.8 yrs	63.4 yrs
Median household income	$125,221	$48,922
Median home value	$884,100	$666,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,297
Housing units	454	749
Homeownership rate	81.8%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	73.7%	33.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	11.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kenwood	Monte Rio
Population	716 → 750 (+4.7%)	977 → 765 (-21.7%)
Median household income	$74,792 → $125,221 (+67.4%)	$43,603 → $48,922 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$895,100 → $884,100 (-1.2%)	$462,400 → $666,200 (+44.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,094 → $1,163 (+6.3%)	$968 → $1,297 (+34.0%)

Kenwood

Population

716750

Median household income

$74,792$125,221

Median home value

$895,100$884,100

Median gross rent

$1,094$1,163

Monte Rio

Population

977765

Median household income

$43,603$48,922

Median home value

$462,400$666,200

Median gross rent

$968$1,297

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kenwood	Monte Rio
Under 5	6.5%	1.8%
5 to 17	10.3%	1.0%
18 to 24	4.1%	3.0%
25 to 34	6.1%	8.0%
35 to 44	17.1%	9.3%
45 to 54	12.9%	4.1%
55 to 64	14.7%	29.8%
65 to 74	10.1%	30.8%
75 and over	18.1%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kenwood	Monte Rio
White (non-Hispanic)	69.5%	82.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	20.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	7.2%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	15.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kenwood	Monte Rio
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.1%
High school graduate	17.7%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	8.6%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	40.0%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	33.7%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kenwood	Monte Rio
Drove alone	63.0%	62.4%
Carpooled	6.1%	4.4%
Public transit	2.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.8%	25.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kenwood	Monte Rio
1-unit, detached	100.0%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Kenwood	Monte Rio
Poverty rate	6.4%	16.6%
Average household size	1.93	1.80
Mean commute (minutes)	64	22
Median year structure built	1957	1951