Cheviot vs Kenwood

A side-by-side comparison of Cheviot and Kenwood: population, income, housing, and more.

Cheviot and Kenwood are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cheviot has the higher population (8,655 vs 8,484 in Kenwood). Kenwood has the higher median household income ($105,694 vs $54,654 in Cheviot). Kenwood has the higher median home value ($335,000 vs $137,900 in Cheviot).

Population, income & housing

	Cheviot	Kenwood
Population	8,655	8,484
Median age	32.8 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$54,654	$105,694
Median home value	$137,900	$335,000
Median gross rent	$878	$1,972
Housing units	4,007	3,798
Homeownership rate	53.8%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%	67.5%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cheviot	Kenwood
Population	8,254 → 8,655 (+4.9%)	7,344 → 8,484 (+15.5%)
Median household income	$50,094 → $54,654 (+9.1%)	$77,974 → $105,694 (+35.6%)
Median home value	$95,600 → $137,900 (+44.2%)	$296,600 → $335,000 (+12.9%)
Median gross rent	$744 → $878 (+18.0%)	$1,449 → $1,972 (+36.1%)

Cheviot

Population

8,2548,655

Median household income

$50,094$54,654

Median home value

$95,600$137,900

Median gross rent

$744$878

Kenwood

Population

7,3448,484

Median household income

$77,974$105,694

Median home value

$296,600$335,000

Median gross rent

$1,449$1,972

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cheviot	Kenwood
Under 5	6.6%	5.7%
5 to 17	23.6%	16.3%
18 to 24	5.9%	2.3%
25 to 34	17.2%	12.8%
35 to 44	13.3%	14.0%
45 to 54	13.4%	9.3%
55 to 64	9.5%	14.0%
65 to 74	7.0%	13.3%
75 and over	3.4%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cheviot	Kenwood
White (non-Hispanic)	67.1%	64.9%
Black or African American	22.5%	8.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	9.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.8%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	13.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cheviot	Kenwood
No high school diploma	7.2%	3.2%
High school graduate	36.1%	13.4%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	15.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	33.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	34.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cheviot	Kenwood
Drove alone	75.6%	75.2%
Carpooled	6.9%	3.5%
Public transit	1.2%	1.4%
Walked	0.5%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.1%	17.9%
Other means	0.7%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cheviot	Kenwood
1-unit, detached	59.2%	59.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	22.9%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	15.5%	7.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	14.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cheviot	Kenwood
Poverty rate	18.4%	6.1%
Average household size	2.35	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1944	1965