Frontenac vs Kenyon

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

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

Kenyon has the higher population (1,811 vs 174 in Frontenac). Frontenac has the higher median household income ($87,500 vs $74,643 in Kenyon). Frontenac has the higher median home value ($330,000 vs $184,500 in Kenyon).

Population, income & housing

	Frontenac	Kenyon
Population	174	1,811
Median age	37.0 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$87,500	$74,643
Median home value	$330,000	$184,500
Median gross rent	$1,125	$854
Housing units	67	753
Homeownership rate	82.3%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.3%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Frontenac	Kenyon
Population	227 → 174 (-23.3%)	1,960 → 1,811 (-7.6%)
Median household income	$59,167 → $87,500 (+47.9%)	$57,440 → $74,643 (+29.9%)
Median home value	$150,800 → $330,000 (+118.8%)	$125,000 → $184,500 (+47.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$689 → $854 (+23.9%)

Frontenac

Population

227174

Median household income

$59,167$87,500

Median home value

$150,800$330,000

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)

	Frontenac	Kenyon
Under 5	12.1%	6.4%
5 to 17	16.1%	17.6%
18 to 24	1.7%	5.9%
25 to 34	16.1%	11.5%
35 to 44	7.5%	12.5%
45 to 54	11.5%	12.1%
55 to 64	21.8%	12.6%
65 to 74	6.9%	9.8%
75 and over	6.3%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Frontenac	Kenyon
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	85.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.7%	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	2.3%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	11.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Frontenac	Kenyon
No high school diploma	3.3%	6.7%
High school graduate	15.6%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	41.8%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	28.7%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Frontenac	Kenyon
Drove alone	66.3%	84.3%
Carpooled	16.9%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	13.5%	4.3%
Other means	3.4%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Frontenac	Kenyon
1-unit, detached	89.6%	75.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Frontenac	Kenyon
Poverty rate	4.0%	15.3%
Average household size	2.81	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	33	31
Median year structure built	2001	1962