Houston vs Kenton

A side-by-side comparison of Houston and Kenton: population, income, housing, and more.

Houston and Kenton are places in Delaware. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Houston has the higher population (456 vs 362 in Kenton). Houston has the higher median household income ($100,208 vs $52,589 in Kenton). Houston has the higher median home value ($265,600 vs $219,500 in Kenton).

Population, income & housing

	Houston	Kenton
Population	456	362
Median age	46.0 yrs	14.1 yrs
Median household income	$100,208	$52,589
Median home value	$265,600	$219,500
Median gross rent	$1,050	—
Housing units	223	103
Homeownership rate	85.5%	84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.3%	35.4%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	34.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Houston	Kenton
Population	452 → 456 (+0.9%)	244 → 362 (+48.4%)
Median household income	$54,554 → $100,208 (+83.7%)	$44,444 → $52,589 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$166,900 → $265,600 (+59.1%)	$157,000 → $219,500 (+39.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,188 → $1,050 (-11.6%)	$1,009 → $1,183 (+17.2%)

Houston

Population

452456

Median household income

$54,554$100,208

Median home value

$166,900$265,600

Median gross rent

$1,188$1,050

Kenton

Population

244362

Median household income

$44,444$52,589

Median home value

$157,000$219,500

Median gross rent

$1,009$1,183

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Houston	Kenton
Under 5	3.3%	1.7%
5 to 17	13.4%	60.2%
18 to 24	8.8%	2.2%
25 to 34	10.3%	5.5%
35 to 44	14.0%	14.4%
45 to 54	12.1%	5.8%
55 to 64	9.6%	7.7%
65 to 74	22.1%	2.5%
75 and over	6.4%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Houston	Kenton
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	90.1%
Black or African American	4.2%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.7%	2.2%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Houston	Kenton
No high school diploma	11.5%	13.8%
High school graduate	51.5%	40.8%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	10.0%
Bachelor's degree	3.2%	35.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Houston	Kenton
Drove alone	71.7%	62.9%
Carpooled	0.4%	37.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Houston	Kenton
1-unit, detached	95.5%	92.2%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Houston	Kenton
Poverty rate	14.1%	2.2%
Average household size	2.06	4.07
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1942	2002