Kenly vs Pine Level

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

Kenly and Pine Level 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 2,072 in Pine Level). Pine Level has the higher median household income ($72,663 vs $46,229 in Kenly). Pine Level has the higher median home value ($228,000 vs $183,300 in Kenly).

Population, income & housing

	Kenly	Pine Level
Population	2,351	2,072
Median age	34.8 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$46,229	$72,663
Median home value	$183,300	$228,000
Median gross rent	$780	$888
Housing units	956	843
Homeownership rate	52.4%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.7%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kenly	Pine Level
Population	1,892 → 2,351 (+24.3%)	2,044 → 2,072 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$21,455 → $46,229 (+115.5%)	$50,625 → $72,663 (+43.5%)
Median home value	$83,900 → $183,300 (+118.5%)	$128,800 → $228,000 (+77.0%)
Median gross rent	$687 → $780 (+13.5%)	$734 → $888 (+21.0%)

Kenly

Population

1,8922,351

Median household income

$21,455$46,229

Median home value

$83,900$183,300

Median gross rent

$687$780

Pine Level

Population

2,0442,072

Median household income

$50,625$72,663

Median home value

$128,800$228,000

Median gross rent

$734$888

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kenly	Pine Level
Under 5	12.1%	7.5%
5 to 17	15.7%	18.1%
18 to 24	7.9%	5.0%
25 to 34	14.7%	18.7%
35 to 44	15.6%	10.3%
45 to 54	9.1%	9.3%
55 to 64	12.4%	16.6%
65 to 74	6.0%	9.9%
75 and over	6.6%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kenly	Pine Level
White (non-Hispanic)	62.1%	67.2%
Black or African American	27.6%	6.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	9.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	16.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kenly	Pine Level
No high school diploma	15.6%	8.8%
High school graduate	34.9%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	41.8%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	2.6%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kenly	Pine Level
Drove alone	78.7%	84.4%
Carpooled	9.2%	1.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.8%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	6.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kenly	Pine Level
1-unit, detached	66.1%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	13.8%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.6%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Kenly	Pine Level
Poverty rate	16.9%	7.4%
Average household size	2.58	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1971	1986