Kensington vs Smith Center

A side-by-side comparison of Kensington and Smith Center: population, income, housing, and more.

Kensington and Smith Center are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Smith Center has the higher population (1,585 vs 572 in Kensington). Kensington has the higher median household income ($59,107 vs $53,963 in Smith Center). Smith Center has the higher median home value ($84,600 vs $58,200 in Kensington).

Population, income & housing

	Kensington	Smith Center
Population	572	1,585
Median age	47.9 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$59,107	$53,963
Median home value	$58,200	$84,600
Median gross rent	$604	$646
Housing units	302	805
Homeownership rate	90.3%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.2%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kensington	Smith Center
Population	488 → 572 (+17.2%)	1,477 → 1,585 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$51,023 → $59,107 (+15.8%)	$38,258 → $53,963 (+41.1%)
Median home value	$72,900 → $58,200 (-20.2%)	$64,700 → $84,600 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	$613 → $604 (-1.5%)	$487 → $646 (+32.6%)

Kensington

Population

488572

Median household income

$51,023$59,107

Median home value

$72,900$58,200

Median gross rent

$613$604

Smith Center

Population

1,4771,585

Median household income

$38,258$53,963

Median home value

$64,700$84,600

Median gross rent

$487$646

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kensington	Smith Center
Under 5	5.1%	4.7%
5 to 17	21.0%	13.6%
18 to 24	5.8%	5.7%
25 to 34	4.4%	11.0%
35 to 44	7.5%	13.4%
45 to 54	14.9%	5.9%
55 to 64	12.6%	15.1%
65 to 74	13.1%	16.2%
75 and over	15.7%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kensington	Smith Center
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	92.8%
Black or African American	3.1%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kensington	Smith Center
No high school diploma	2.8%	6.1%
High school graduate	38.7%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kensington	Smith Center
Drove alone	85.5%	77.0%
Carpooled	7.1%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	6.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	3.1%
Other means	3.7%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kensington	Smith Center
1-unit, detached	88.4%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Kensington	Smith Center
Poverty rate	6.5%	11.2%
Average household size	2.32	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	13	10
Median year structure built	1971	1956