Kenyon vs Red Wing

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

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

Red Wing has the higher population (16,660 vs 1,811 in Kenyon). Kenyon has the higher median household income ($74,643 vs $65,259 in Red Wing). Red Wing has the higher median home value ($224,800 vs $184,500 in Kenyon).

Population, income & housing

	Kenyon	Red Wing
Population	1,811	16,660
Median age	41.1 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$74,643	$65,259
Median home value	$184,500	$224,800
Median gross rent	$854	$954
Housing units	753	7,730
Homeownership rate	82.0%	70.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	26.2%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kenyon	Red Wing
Population	1,960 → 1,811 (-7.6%)	16,338 → 16,660 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$57,440 → $74,643 (+29.9%)	$54,785 → $65,259 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$125,000 → $184,500 (+47.6%)	$174,000 → $224,800 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$689 → $854 (+23.9%)	$899 → $954 (+6.1%)

Kenyon

Population

1,9601,811

Median household income

$57,440$74,643

Median home value

$125,000$184,500

Median gross rent

$689$854

Red Wing

Population

16,33816,660

Median household income

$54,785$65,259

Median home value

$174,000$224,800

Median gross rent

$899$954

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kenyon	Red Wing
Under 5	6.4%	4.9%
5 to 17	17.6%	15.7%
18 to 24	5.9%	8.0%
25 to 34	11.5%	12.2%
35 to 44	12.5%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.1%	10.0%
55 to 64	12.6%	16.4%
65 to 74	9.8%	11.7%
75 and over	11.6%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kenyon	Red Wing
White (non-Hispanic)	85.3%	85.0%
Black or African American	1.6%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	11.2%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kenyon	Red Wing
No high school diploma	6.7%	8.4%
High school graduate	39.7%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kenyon	Red Wing
Drove alone	84.3%	76.7%
Carpooled	5.2%	10.5%
Public transit	0.2%	1.5%
Walked	5.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.6%
Worked from home	4.3%	7.5%
Other means	0.3%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kenyon	Red Wing
1-unit, detached	75.6%	57.2%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	8.1%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	4.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	13.9%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Kenyon	Red Wing
Poverty rate	15.3%	14.0%
Average household size	2.35	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	31	20
Median year structure built	1962	1972