Kenton vs Rives

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

Kenton and Rives 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 248 in Rives). Rives has the higher median household income ($57,500 vs $40,993 in Kenton). Kenton has the higher median home value ($96,400 vs $89,400 in Rives).

Population, income & housing

	Kenton	Rives
Population	1,487	248
Median age	39.8 yrs	29.2 yrs
Median household income	$40,993	$57,500
Median home value	$96,400	$89,400
Median gross rent	$676	$890
Housing units	675	123
Homeownership rate	58.0%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.7%	3.8%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kenton	Rives
Population	1,188 → 1,487 (+25.2%)	356 → 248 (-30.3%)
Median household income	$40,385 → $40,993 (+1.5%)	$32,361 → $57,500 (+77.7%)
Median home value	$83,000 → $96,400 (+16.1%)	$62,000 → $89,400 (+44.2%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $676 (+8.2%)	$688 → $890 (+29.4%)

Kenton

Population

1,1881,487

Median household income

$40,385$40,993

Median home value

$83,000$96,400

Median gross rent

$625$676

Rives

Population

356248

Median household income

$32,361$57,500

Median home value

$62,000$89,400

Median gross rent

$688$890

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kenton	Rives
Under 5	6.1%	8.9%
5 to 17	16.2%	22.2%
18 to 24	5.0%	15.7%
25 to 34	19.0%	14.1%
35 to 44	7.8%	18.1%
45 to 54	7.8%	7.3%
55 to 64	19.7%	4.4%
65 to 74	6.7%	5.2%
75 and over	11.6%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kenton	Rives
White (non-Hispanic)	74.6%	85.5%
Black or African American	10.1%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.7%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kenton	Rives
No high school diploma	13.3%	11.4%
High school graduate	55.2%	42.4%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree	3.8%	3.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kenton	Rives
Drove alone	92.7%	86.7%
Carpooled	3.8%	5.1%
Public transit	0.6%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	3.1%
Other means	0.6%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kenton	Rives
1-unit, detached	84.3%	75.6%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	24.4%

Poverty & households

	Kenton	Rives
Poverty rate	20.4%	24.7%
Average household size	2.61	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	29	17
Median year structure built	1966	1971