Cannon Falls vs Kenyon

A side-by-side comparison of Cannon Falls and Kenyon: population, income, housing, and more.

Cannon Falls and Kenyon are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cannon Falls has the higher population (4,216 vs 1,811 in Kenyon). Cannon Falls has the higher median household income ($80,515 vs $74,643 in Kenyon). Cannon Falls has the higher median home value ($262,100 vs $184,500 in Kenyon).

Population, income & housing

	Cannon Falls	Kenyon
Population	4,216	1,811
Median age	45.3 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$80,515	$74,643
Median home value	$262,100	$184,500
Median gross rent	$983	$854
Housing units	2,037	753
Homeownership rate	74.8%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cannon Falls	Kenyon
Population	4,054 → 4,216 (+4.0%)	1,960 → 1,811 (-7.6%)
Median household income	$65,943 → $80,515 (+22.1%)	$57,440 → $74,643 (+29.9%)
Median home value	$177,900 → $262,100 (+47.3%)	$125,000 → $184,500 (+47.6%)
Median gross rent	$890 → $983 (+10.4%)	$689 → $854 (+23.9%)

Cannon Falls

Population

4,0544,216

Median household income

$65,943$80,515

Median home value

$177,900$262,100

Median gross rent

$890$983

Kenyon

Population

1,9601,811

Median household income

$57,440$74,643

Median home value

$125,000$184,500

Median gross rent

$689$854

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cannon Falls	Kenyon
Under 5	3.3%	6.4%
5 to 17	14.6%	17.6%
18 to 24	4.5%	5.9%
25 to 34	11.4%	11.5%
35 to 44	16.0%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.6%	12.1%
55 to 64	15.0%	12.6%
65 to 74	12.2%	9.8%
75 and over	10.4%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cannon Falls	Kenyon
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	85.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	11.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cannon Falls	Kenyon
No high school diploma	7.9%	6.7%
High school graduate	36.3%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cannon Falls	Kenyon
Drove alone	81.8%	84.3%
Carpooled	5.7%	5.2%
Public transit	0.7%	0.2%
Walked	4.4%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.7%
Worked from home	6.5%	4.3%
Other means	0.6%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cannon Falls	Kenyon
1-unit, detached	61.4%	75.6%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	10.4%
20 or more units	8.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Cannon Falls	Kenyon
Poverty rate	5.8%	15.3%
Average household size	2.21	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	28	31
Median year structure built	1969	1962