Karlstad vs Kennedy

A side-by-side comparison of Karlstad and Kennedy: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Karlstad has the higher population (622 vs 185 in Kennedy). Karlstad has the higher median household income ($61,324 vs $46,875 in Kennedy). Karlstad has the higher median home value ($120,300 vs $67,700 in Kennedy).

Population, income & housing

	Karlstad	Kennedy
Population	622	185
Median age	49.7 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$61,324	$46,875
Median home value	$120,300	$67,700
Median gross rent	$650	—
Housing units	350	114
Homeownership rate	69.6%	85.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.7%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	16.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Karlstad	Kennedy
Population	795 → 622 (-21.8%)	215 → 185 (-14.0%)
Median household income	$47,917 → $61,324 (+28.0%)	$47,083 → $46,875 (-0.4%)
Median home value	$81,300 → $120,300 (+48.0%)	$48,300 → $67,700 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	$558 → $650 (+16.5%)	$669 → $688 (+2.8%)

Karlstad

Population

795622

Median household income

$47,917$61,324

Median home value

$81,300$120,300

Median gross rent

$558$650

Kennedy

Population

215185

Median household income

$47,083$46,875

Median home value

$48,300$67,700

Median gross rent

$669$688

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Karlstad	Kennedy
Under 5	5.5%	3.8%
5 to 17	15.1%	7.6%
18 to 24	5.8%	25.4%
25 to 34	8.2%	4.9%
35 to 44	10.9%	14.6%
45 to 54	16.2%	6.5%
55 to 64	7.9%	17.3%
65 to 74	14.1%	13.5%
75 and over	16.2%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Karlstad	Kennedy
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	81.1%
Black or African American	0.6%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.2%
Two or more races	1.3%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	10.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Karlstad	Kennedy
No high school diploma	1.3%	6.0%
High school graduate	40.8%	23.9%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree	34.9%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Karlstad	Kennedy
Drove alone	65.6%	85.4%
Carpooled	15.6%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	14.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	8.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Karlstad	Kennedy
1-unit, detached	68.6%	92.1%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	4.4%
20 or more units	9.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Karlstad	Kennedy
Poverty rate	11.8%	3.8%
Average household size	2.07	1.70
Mean commute (minutes)	25	15
Median year structure built	1966	1962