Kenney vs Weldon

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

Kenney and Weldon 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 323 in Weldon). Kenney has the higher median household income ($75,313 vs $60,083 in Weldon). Weldon has the higher median home value ($89,300 vs $76,700 in Kenney).

Population, income & housing

	Kenney	Weldon
Population	349	323
Median age	59.5 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$75,313	$60,083
Median home value	$76,700	$89,300
Median gross rent	$817	$936
Housing units	231	149
Homeownership rate	88.0%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.9%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	15.5%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kenney	Weldon
Population	391 → 349 (-10.7%)	389 → 323 (-17.0%)
Median household income	$53,839 → $75,313 (+39.9%)	$41,442 → $60,083 (+45.0%)
Median home value	$66,000 → $76,700 (+16.2%)	$66,700 → $89,300 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $817 (+28.1%)	$778 → $936 (+20.3%)

Kenney

Population

391349

Median household income

$53,839$75,313

Median home value

$66,000$76,700

Median gross rent

$638$817

Weldon

Population

389323

Median household income

$41,442$60,083

Median home value

$66,700$89,300

Median gross rent

$778$936

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kenney	Weldon
Under 5	6.9%	6.5%
5 to 17	8.0%	19.5%
18 to 24	4.3%	5.6%
25 to 34	5.4%	6.8%
35 to 44	14.0%	13.3%
45 to 54	8.9%	16.7%
55 to 64	23.8%	11.5%
65 to 74	14.9%	14.6%
75 and over	13.8%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kenney	Weldon
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	96.6%
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%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kenney	Weldon
No high school diploma	3.9%	5.0%
High school graduate	62.4%	48.0%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kenney	Weldon
Drove alone	80.7%	91.8%
Carpooled	7.3%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.9%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kenney	Weldon
1-unit, detached	72.3%	95.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
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%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Kenney	Weldon
Poverty rate	7.2%	13.0%
Average household size	1.62	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1946	1956