Kenney vs Wapella

A side-by-side comparison of Kenney and Wapella: population, income, housing, and more.

Kenney and Wapella are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wapella has the higher population (465 vs 349 in Kenney). Kenney has the higher median household income ($75,313 vs $59,375 in Wapella). Wapella has the higher median home value ($101,800 vs $76,700 in Kenney).

Population, income & housing

	Kenney	Wapella
Population	349	465
Median age	59.5 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$75,313	$59,375
Median home value	$76,700	$101,800
Median gross rent	$817	$950
Housing units	231	236
Homeownership rate	88.0%	90.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.9%	14.5%
Unemployment rate	15.5%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kenney	Wapella
Population	391 → 349 (-10.7%)	565 → 465 (-17.7%)
Median household income	$53,839 → $75,313 (+39.9%)	$58,667 → $59,375 (+1.2%)
Median home value	$66,000 → $76,700 (+16.2%)	$88,700 → $101,800 (+14.8%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $817 (+28.1%)	$678 → $950 (+40.1%)

Kenney

Population

391349

Median household income

$53,839$75,313

Median home value

$66,000$76,700

Median gross rent

$638$817

Wapella

Population

565465

Median household income

$58,667$59,375

Median home value

$88,700$101,800

Median gross rent

$678$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kenney	Wapella
Under 5	6.9%	8.0%
5 to 17	8.0%	13.5%
18 to 24	4.3%	8.8%
25 to 34	5.4%	13.5%
35 to 44	14.0%	12.5%
45 to 54	8.9%	11.2%
55 to 64	23.8%	11.2%
65 to 74	14.9%	13.5%
75 and over	13.8%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kenney	Wapella
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	93.8%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kenney	Wapella
No high school diploma	3.9%	4.9%
High school graduate	62.4%	46.6%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kenney	Wapella
Drove alone	80.7%	65.2%
Carpooled	7.3%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.9%	14.2%
Other means	0.0%	6.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kenney	Wapella
1-unit, detached	72.3%	91.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.3%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Kenney	Wapella
Poverty rate	7.2%	2.6%
Average household size	1.62	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1946	1967