Kenner vs Terrytown

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

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

Kenner has the higher population (65,113 vs 25,844 in Terrytown). Kenner has the higher median household income ($64,099 vs $56,944 in Terrytown). Kenner has the higher median home value ($241,800 vs $212,000 in Terrytown).

Population, income & housing

	Kenner	Terrytown
Population	65,113	25,844
Median age	39.4 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$64,099	$56,944
Median home value	$241,800	$212,000
Median gross rent	$1,129	$1,065
Housing units	27,984	9,794
Homeownership rate	61.0%	48.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.7%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kenner	Terrytown
Population	66,777 → 65,113 (-2.5%)	24,953 → 25,844 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$54,975 → $64,099 (+16.6%)	$46,638 → $56,944 (+22.1%)
Median home value	$182,100 → $241,800 (+32.8%)	$162,700 → $212,000 (+30.3%)
Median gross rent	$969 → $1,129 (+16.5%)	$953 → $1,065 (+11.8%)

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

Terrytown

Population

24,95325,844

Median household income

$46,638$56,944

Median home value

$162,700$212,000

Median gross rent

$953$1,065

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kenner	Terrytown
Under 5	6.4%	11.1%
5 to 17	16.8%	19.0%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.1%
25 to 34	13.0%	13.5%
35 to 44	12.9%	14.8%
45 to 54	13.1%	11.5%
55 to 64	12.1%	11.4%
65 to 74	11.7%	6.3%
75 and over	6.7%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kenner	Terrytown
White (non-Hispanic)	41.7%	26.2%
Black or African American	18.2%	32.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.5%
Asian	4.6%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.6%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	29.3%	34.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kenner	Terrytown
No high school diploma	15.3%	16.5%
High school graduate	27.4%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kenner	Terrytown
Drove alone	78.8%	71.5%
Carpooled	12.5%	18.1%
Public transit	0.5%	1.7%
Walked	1.6%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	4.3%	6.9%
Other means	2.2%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kenner	Terrytown
1-unit, detached	60.6%	51.3%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	19.9%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	17.2%
20 or more units	9.4%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Kenner	Terrytown
Poverty rate	14.5%	18.5%
Average household size	2.52	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1977	1977