Kenney vs Waynesville

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

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

Kenney has the higher population (349 vs 348 in Waynesville). Kenney has the higher median household income ($75,313 vs $64,583 in Waynesville). Waynesville has the higher median home value ($86,200 vs $76,700 in Kenney).

Population, income & housing

	Kenney	Waynesville
Population	349	348
Median age	59.5 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$75,313	$64,583
Median home value	$76,700	$86,200
Median gross rent	$817	—
Housing units	231	180
Homeownership rate	88.0%	93.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.9%	7.0%
Unemployment rate	15.5%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kenney	Waynesville
Population	391 → 349 (-10.7%)	410 → 348 (-15.1%)
Median household income	$53,839 → $75,313 (+39.9%)	$62,250 → $64,583 (+3.7%)
Median home value	$66,000 → $76,700 (+16.2%)	$73,700 → $86,200 (+17.0%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $817 (+28.1%)	$730 → $596 (-18.4%)

Kenney

Population

391349

Median household income

$53,839$75,313

Median home value

$66,000$76,700

Median gross rent

$638$817

Waynesville

Population

410348

Median household income

$62,250$64,583

Median home value

$73,700$86,200

Median gross rent

$730$596

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kenney	Waynesville
Under 5	6.9%	2.9%
5 to 17	8.0%	11.8%
18 to 24	4.3%	7.5%
25 to 34	5.4%	15.5%
35 to 44	14.0%	8.3%
45 to 54	8.9%	7.2%
55 to 64	23.8%	23.0%
65 to 74	14.9%	17.5%
75 and over	13.8%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kenney	Waynesville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	99.1%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kenney	Waynesville
No high school diploma	3.9%	1.5%
High school graduate	62.4%	65.3%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kenney	Waynesville
Drove alone	80.7%	93.6%
Carpooled	7.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.9%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kenney	Waynesville
1-unit, detached	72.3%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.2%
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%	8.9%

Poverty & households

	Kenney	Waynesville
Poverty rate	7.2%	11.3%
Average household size	1.62	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1946	1956