Kenner vs Metairie

A side-by-side comparison of Kenner and Metairie: population, income, housing, and more.

Kenner and Metairie are places in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Metairie has the higher population (138,995 vs 65,113 in Kenner). Metairie has the higher median household income ($73,256 vs $64,099 in Kenner). Metairie has the higher median home value ($308,900 vs $241,800 in Kenner).

Population, income & housing

	Kenner	Metairie
Population	65,113	138,995
Median age	39.4 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$64,099	$73,256
Median home value	$241,800	$308,900
Median gross rent	$1,129	$1,159
Housing units	27,984	65,791
Homeownership rate	61.0%	61.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.7%	39.9%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kenner	Metairie
Population	66,777 → 65,113 (-2.5%)	142,135 → 138,995 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$54,975 → $64,099 (+16.6%)	$59,346 → $73,256 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$182,100 → $241,800 (+32.8%)	$236,900 → $308,900 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	$969 → $1,129 (+16.5%)	$952 → $1,159 (+21.7%)

Kenner

Population

66,77765,113

Median household income

$54,975$64,099

Median home value

$182,100$241,800

Median gross rent

$969$1,129

Metairie

Population

142,135138,995

Median household income

$59,346$73,256

Median home value

$236,900$308,900

Median gross rent

$952$1,159

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kenner	Metairie
Under 5	6.4%	6.1%
5 to 17	16.8%	14.4%
18 to 24	7.3%	6.6%
25 to 34	13.0%	13.7%
35 to 44	12.9%	13.6%
45 to 54	13.1%	10.7%
55 to 64	12.1%	13.7%
65 to 74	11.7%	11.9%
75 and over	6.7%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kenner	Metairie
White (non-Hispanic)	41.7%	64.6%
Black or African American	18.2%	10.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	4.6%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.6%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	29.3%	17.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kenner	Metairie
No high school diploma	15.3%	8.2%
High school graduate	27.4%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	24.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kenner	Metairie
Drove alone	78.8%	76.1%
Carpooled	12.5%	9.5%
Public transit	0.5%	0.7%
Walked	1.6%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	4.3%	10.1%
Other means	2.2%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kenner	Metairie
1-unit, detached	60.6%	60.9%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	9.5%
20 or more units	9.4%	14.5%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Kenner	Metairie
Poverty rate	14.5%	12.7%
Average household size	2.52	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1977	1972