Kennett vs Senath

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

Kennett and Senath 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 1,578 in Senath). Kennett has the higher median household income ($53,164 vs $38,304 in Senath). Kennett has the higher median home value ($103,600 vs $92,700 in Senath).

Population, income & housing

	Kennett	Senath
Population	10,236	1,578
Median age	39.5 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$53,164	$38,304
Median home value	$103,600	$92,700
Median gross rent	$600	$485
Housing units	4,734	635
Homeownership rate	57.8%	60.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kennett	Senath
Population	10,062 → 10,236 (+1.7%)	1,767 → 1,578 (-10.7%)
Median household income	$38,297 → $53,164 (+38.8%)	$39,554 → $38,304 (-3.2%)
Median home value	$91,600 → $103,600 (+13.1%)	$67,200 → $92,700 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$573 → $600 (+4.7%)	$588 → $485 (-17.5%)

Kennett

Population

10,06210,236

Median household income

$38,297$53,164

Median home value

$91,600$103,600

Median gross rent

$573$600

Senath

Population

1,7671,578

Median household income

$39,554$38,304

Median home value

$67,200$92,700

Median gross rent

$588$485

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kennett	Senath
Under 5	5.4%	8.0%
5 to 17	22.4%	19.9%
18 to 24	6.7%	10.2%
25 to 34	11.2%	9.2%
35 to 44	10.7%	13.8%
45 to 54	12.8%	9.1%
55 to 64	11.3%	12.7%
65 to 74	11.7%	9.3%
75 and over	7.9%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kennett	Senath
White (non-Hispanic)	73.9%	52.0%
Black or African American	13.1%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.6%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	41.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kennett	Senath
No high school diploma	20.4%	31.7%
High school graduate	38.6%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	17.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kennett	Senath
Drove alone	77.2%	74.4%
Carpooled	14.2%	23.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	1.9%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kennett	Senath
1-unit, detached	80.8%	72.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	16.1%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.6%
20 or more units	6.8%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Kennett	Senath
Poverty rate	20.6%	17.2%
Average household size	2.40	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	1968	1974