Kenton vs Obion

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

Kenton and Obion 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 1,088 in Obion). Obion has the higher median household income ($49,018 vs $40,993 in Kenton). Kenton has the higher median home value ($96,400 vs $91,300 in Obion).

Population, income & housing

	Kenton	Obion
Population	1,487	1,088
Median age	39.8 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$40,993	$49,018
Median home value	$96,400	$91,300
Median gross rent	$676	$870
Housing units	675	615
Homeownership rate	58.0%	53.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.7%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kenton	Obion
Population	1,188 → 1,487 (+25.2%)	1,339 → 1,088 (-18.7%)
Median household income	$40,385 → $40,993 (+1.5%)	$38,824 → $49,018 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$83,000 → $96,400 (+16.1%)	$68,500 → $91,300 (+33.3%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $676 (+8.2%)	$666 → $870 (+30.6%)

Kenton

Population

1,1881,487

Median household income

$40,385$40,993

Median home value

$83,000$96,400

Median gross rent

$625$676

Obion

Population

1,3391,088

Median household income

$38,824$49,018

Median home value

$68,500$91,300

Median gross rent

$666$870

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kenton	Obion
Under 5	6.1%	3.5%
5 to 17	16.2%	18.3%
18 to 24	5.0%	11.1%
25 to 34	19.0%	9.9%
35 to 44	7.8%	8.0%
45 to 54	7.8%	12.4%
55 to 64	19.7%	16.7%
65 to 74	6.7%	11.9%
75 and over	11.6%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kenton	Obion
White (non-Hispanic)	74.6%	84.3%
Black or African American	10.1%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.7%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kenton	Obion
No high school diploma	13.3%	14.4%
High school graduate	55.2%	53.4%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	3.8%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kenton	Obion
Drove alone	92.7%	84.9%
Carpooled	3.8%	6.0%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	3.4%
Other means	0.6%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kenton	Obion
1-unit, detached	84.3%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Kenton	Obion
Poverty rate	20.4%	26.5%
Average household size	2.61	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1966	1975