Hornbeak vs Kenton

A side-by-side comparison of Hornbeak and Kenton: population, income, housing, and more.

Hornbeak and Kenton are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Kenton has the higher population (1,487 vs 498 in Hornbeak). Hornbeak has the higher median household income ($63,669 vs $40,993 in Kenton). Kenton has the higher median home value ($96,400 vs $81,400 in Hornbeak).

Population, income & housing

	Hornbeak	Kenton
Population	498	1,487
Median age	38.6 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$63,669	$40,993
Median home value	$81,400	$96,400
Median gross rent	$729	$676
Housing units	226	675
Homeownership rate	87.0%	58.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	5.7%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hornbeak	Kenton
Population	426 → 498 (+16.9%)	1,188 → 1,487 (+25.2%)
Median household income	$46,818 → $63,669 (+36.0%)	$40,385 → $40,993 (+1.5%)
Median home value	$73,200 → $81,400 (+11.2%)	$83,000 → $96,400 (+16.1%)
Median gross rent	$644 → $729 (+13.2%)	$625 → $676 (+8.2%)

Hornbeak

Population

426498

Median household income

$46,818$63,669

Median home value

$73,200$81,400

Median gross rent

$644$729

Kenton

Population

1,1881,487

Median household income

$40,385$40,993

Median home value

$83,000$96,400

Median gross rent

$625$676

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hornbeak	Kenton
Under 5	2.0%	6.1%
5 to 17	21.3%	16.2%
18 to 24	7.4%	5.0%
25 to 34	11.6%	19.0%
35 to 44	15.5%	7.8%
45 to 54	11.0%	7.8%
55 to 64	11.0%	19.7%
65 to 74	11.8%	6.7%
75 and over	8.2%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hornbeak	Kenton
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	74.6%
Black or African American	1.0%	10.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	14.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hornbeak	Kenton
No high school diploma	7.8%	13.3%
High school graduate	44.9%	55.2%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	3.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hornbeak	Kenton
Drove alone	78.3%	92.7%
Carpooled	19.1%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.4%	2.3%
Other means	2.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hornbeak	Kenton
1-unit, detached	73.9%	84.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.5%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Hornbeak	Kenton
Poverty rate	10.8%	20.4%
Average household size	2.58	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1979	1966