Kenansville vs Warsaw

A side-by-side comparison of Kenansville and Warsaw: population, income, housing, and more.

Kenansville and Warsaw are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Warsaw has the higher population (2,728 vs 1,157 in Kenansville). Kenansville has the higher median household income ($62,917 vs $46,944 in Warsaw). Since 2019, Kenansville's population has grown faster (+22.7% vs -12.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Kenansville	Warsaw
Population	1,157	2,728
Median age	43.0 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$62,917	$46,944
Median home value	$144,800	—
Median gross rent	$386	$826
Housing units	450	1,471
Homeownership rate	65.3%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	6.8%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kenansville	Warsaw
Population	943 → 1,157 (+22.7%)	3,119 → 2,728 (-12.5%)
Median household income	$26,683 → $62,917 (+135.8%)	$26,063 → $46,944 (+80.1%)
Median home value	$89,700 → $144,800 (+61.4%)	$89,500 → $90,000 (+0.6%)
Median gross rent	$428 → $386 (-9.8%)	$657 → $826 (+25.7%)

Kenansville

Population

9431,157

Median household income

$26,683$62,917

Median home value

$89,700$144,800

Median gross rent

$428$386

Warsaw

Population

3,1192,728

Median household income

$26,063$46,944

Median home value

$89,500$90,000

Median gross rent

$657$826

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kenansville	Warsaw
Under 5	2.1%	9.2%
5 to 17	29.2%	14.5%
18 to 24	5.0%	11.4%
25 to 34	7.0%	14.0%
35 to 44	12.4%	17.3%
45 to 54	9.1%	8.7%
55 to 64	13.4%	7.8%
65 to 74	9.4%	9.9%
75 and over	12.4%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kenansville	Warsaw
White (non-Hispanic)	69.3%	12.0%
Black or African American	16.7%	61.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	7.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	22.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kenansville	Warsaw
No high school diploma	17.9%	17.0%
High school graduate	25.9%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	44.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kenansville	Warsaw
Drove alone	79.1%	81.2%
Carpooled	15.4%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	1.0%
Other means	0.0%	7.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kenansville	Warsaw
1-unit, detached	65.8%	40.9%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	22.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.9%
20 or more units	13.3%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	7.6%	14.3%

Poverty & households

	Kenansville	Warsaw
Poverty rate	22.7%	10.6%
Average household size	2.54	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1979	1986