Blair vs Kennard

A side-by-side comparison of Blair and Kennard: population, income, housing, and more.

Blair and Kennard are places in Nebraska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Blair has the higher population (7,868 vs 392 in Kennard). Kennard has the higher median household income ($97,604 vs $76,292 in Blair). Blair has the higher median home value ($211,000 vs $156,700 in Kennard).

Population, income & housing

	Blair	Kennard
Population	7,868	392
Median age	40.2 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$76,292	$97,604
Median home value	$211,000	$156,700
Median gross rent	$941	$1,141
Housing units	3,403	175
Homeownership rate	73.9%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.0%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blair	Kennard
Population	7,781 → 7,868 (+1.1%)	364 → 392 (+7.7%)
Median household income	$51,056 → $76,292 (+49.4%)	$67,500 → $97,604 (+44.6%)
Median home value	$148,500 → $211,000 (+42.1%)	$115,600 → $156,700 (+35.6%)
Median gross rent	$722 → $941 (+30.3%)	$1,050 → $1,141 (+8.7%)

Blair

Population

7,7817,868

Median household income

$51,056$76,292

Median home value

$148,500$211,000

Median gross rent

$722$941

Kennard

Population

364392

Median household income

$67,500$97,604

Median home value

$115,600$156,700

Median gross rent

$1,050$1,141

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blair	Kennard
Under 5	7.7%	7.1%
5 to 17	16.9%	14.5%
18 to 24	7.4%	12.0%
25 to 34	12.5%	24.0%
35 to 44	12.0%	8.4%
45 to 54	11.0%	7.7%
55 to 64	12.8%	12.2%
65 to 74	11.6%	7.9%
75 and over	8.1%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blair	Kennard
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	98.7%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blair	Kennard
No high school diploma	3.0%	5.8%
High school graduate	26.1%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	25.5%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blair	Kennard
Drove alone	85.8%	78.2%
Carpooled	5.5%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	13.2%
Other means	0.4%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blair	Kennard
1-unit, detached	74.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	14.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blair	Kennard
Poverty rate	9.7%	4.9%
Average household size	2.35	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	1971	1948