Kenyon vs Wanamingo

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

Kenyon and Wanamingo 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 1,185 in Wanamingo). Wanamingo has the higher median household income ($85,000 vs $74,643 in Kenyon). Wanamingo has the higher median home value ($247,400 vs $184,500 in Kenyon).

Population, income & housing

	Kenyon	Wanamingo
Population	1,811	1,185
Median age	41.1 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$74,643	$85,000
Median home value	$184,500	$247,400
Median gross rent	$854	$611
Housing units	753	545
Homeownership rate	82.0%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	24.1%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kenyon	Wanamingo
Population	1,960 → 1,811 (-7.6%)	1,140 → 1,185 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$57,440 → $74,643 (+29.9%)	$55,417 → $85,000 (+53.4%)
Median home value	$125,000 → $184,500 (+47.6%)	$151,500 → $247,400 (+63.3%)
Median gross rent	$689 → $854 (+23.9%)	$600 → $611 (+1.8%)

Kenyon

Population

1,9601,811

Median household income

$57,440$74,643

Median home value

$125,000$184,500

Median gross rent

$689$854

Wanamingo

Population

1,1401,185

Median household income

$55,417$85,000

Median home value

$151,500$247,400

Median gross rent

$600$611

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kenyon	Wanamingo
Under 5	6.4%	6.1%
5 to 17	17.6%	20.0%
18 to 24	5.9%	6.1%
25 to 34	11.5%	17.5%
35 to 44	12.5%	12.4%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.0%
55 to 64	12.6%	10.8%
65 to 74	9.8%	9.9%
75 and over	11.6%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kenyon	Wanamingo
White (non-Hispanic)	85.3%	84.3%
Black or African American	1.6%	9.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	11.2%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kenyon	Wanamingo
No high school diploma	6.7%	2.9%
High school graduate	39.7%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kenyon	Wanamingo
Drove alone	84.3%	84.1%
Carpooled	5.2%	3.8%
Public transit	0.2%	2.5%
Walked	5.0%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	4.9%
Other means	0.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kenyon	Wanamingo
1-unit, detached	75.6%	59.8%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	15.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Kenyon	Wanamingo
Poverty rate	15.3%	15.2%
Average household size	2.35	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	31	24
Median year structure built	1962	1979