Kenly vs Micro

A side-by-side comparison of Kenly and Micro: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kenly has the higher population (2,351 vs 788 in Micro). Micro has the higher median household income ($51,094 vs $46,229 in Kenly). Micro has the higher median home value ($212,500 vs $183,300 in Kenly).

Population, income & housing

	Kenly	Micro
Population	2,351	788
Median age	34.8 yrs	31.5 yrs
Median household income	$46,229	$51,094
Median home value	$183,300	$212,500
Median gross rent	$780	$748
Housing units	956	315
Homeownership rate	52.4%	53.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.7%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	15.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kenly	Micro
Population	1,892 → 2,351 (+24.3%)	672 → 788 (+17.3%)
Median household income	$21,455 → $46,229 (+115.5%)	$31,875 → $51,094 (+60.3%)
Median home value	$83,900 → $183,300 (+118.5%)	$85,400 → $212,500 (+148.8%)
Median gross rent	$687 → $780 (+13.5%)	$769 → $748 (-2.7%)

Kenly

Population

1,8922,351

Median household income

$21,455$46,229

Median home value

$83,900$183,300

Median gross rent

$687$780

Micro

Population

672788

Median household income

$31,875$51,094

Median home value

$85,400$212,500

Median gross rent

$769$748

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kenly	Micro
Under 5	12.1%	11.9%
5 to 17	15.7%	18.0%
18 to 24	7.9%	6.0%
25 to 34	14.7%	17.6%
35 to 44	15.6%	17.0%
45 to 54	9.1%	7.6%
55 to 64	12.4%	6.5%
65 to 74	6.0%	10.0%
75 and over	6.6%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kenly	Micro
White (non-Hispanic)	62.1%	41.5%
Black or African American	27.6%	17.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	35.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kenly	Micro
No high school diploma	15.6%	12.3%
High school graduate	34.9%	45.1%
Some college or associate's	41.8%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	2.6%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kenly	Micro
Drove alone	78.7%	61.7%
Carpooled	9.2%	16.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	22.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kenly	Micro
1-unit, detached	66.1%	48.3%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	13.8%	28.6%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	3.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	15.6%	16.5%

Poverty & households

	Kenly	Micro
Poverty rate	16.9%	21.9%
Average household size	2.58	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1971	1984