Cardwell vs Kennett

A side-by-side comparison of Cardwell and Kennett: population, income, housing, and more.

Cardwell and Kennett are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Kennett has the higher population (10,236 vs 846 in Cardwell). Kennett has the higher median household income ($53,164 vs $17,917 in Cardwell). Kennett has the higher median home value ($103,600 vs $44,700 in Cardwell).

Population, income & housing

	Cardwell	Kennett
Population	846	10,236
Median age	23.7 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$17,917	$53,164
Median home value	$44,700	$103,600
Median gross rent	$764	$600
Housing units	448	4,734
Homeownership rate	44.0%	57.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.0%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cardwell	Kennett
Population	769 → 846 (+10.0%)	10,062 → 10,236 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$30,682 → $17,917 (-41.6%)	$38,297 → $53,164 (+38.8%)
Median home value	$39,800 → $44,700 (+12.3%)	$91,600 → $103,600 (+13.1%)
Median gross rent	$587 → $764 (+30.2%)	$573 → $600 (+4.7%)

Cardwell

Population

769846

Median household income

$30,682$17,917

Median home value

$39,800$44,700

Median gross rent

$587$764

Kennett

Population

10,06210,236

Median household income

$38,297$53,164

Median home value

$91,600$103,600

Median gross rent

$573$600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cardwell	Kennett
Under 5	12.5%	5.4%
5 to 17	13.5%	22.4%
18 to 24	29.1%	6.7%
25 to 34	11.3%	11.2%
35 to 44	8.6%	10.7%
45 to 54	4.7%	12.8%
55 to 64	10.8%	11.3%
65 to 74	6.6%	11.7%
75 and over	2.8%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cardwell	Kennett
White (non-Hispanic)	77.7%	73.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	13.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	8.6%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	13.2%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cardwell	Kennett
No high school diploma	26.1%	20.4%
High school graduate	51.8%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	17.1%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cardwell	Kennett
Drove alone	89.0%	77.2%
Carpooled	9.4%	14.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.1%
Worked from home	1.3%	3.7%
Other means	0.3%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cardwell	Kennett
1-unit, detached	69.2%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.6%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	12.5%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Cardwell	Kennett
Poverty rate	58.9%	20.6%
Average household size	2.37	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	16	21
Median year structure built	1974	1968