Kenton vs Samburg

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

Kenton and Samburg 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 190 in Samburg). Samburg has the higher median household income ($41,250 vs $40,993 in Kenton). Samburg has the higher median home value ($188,800 vs $96,400 in Kenton).

Population, income & housing

	Kenton	Samburg
Population	1,487	190
Median age	39.8 yrs	56.5 yrs
Median household income	$40,993	$41,250
Median home value	$96,400	$188,800
Median gross rent	$676	$597
Housing units	675	155
Homeownership rate	58.0%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.7%	3.5%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kenton	Samburg
Population	1,188 → 1,487 (+25.2%)	296 → 190 (-35.8%)
Median household income	$40,385 → $40,993 (+1.5%)	$54,375 → $41,250 (-24.1%)
Median home value	$83,000 → $96,400 (+16.1%)	$155,200 → $188,800 (+21.6%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $676 (+8.2%)	$685 → $597 (-12.8%)

Kenton

Population

1,1881,487

Median household income

$40,385$40,993

Median home value

$83,000$96,400

Median gross rent

$625$676

Samburg

Population

296190

Median household income

$54,375$41,250

Median home value

$155,200$188,800

Median gross rent

$685$597

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kenton	Samburg
Under 5	6.1%	1.6%
5 to 17	16.2%	11.1%
18 to 24	5.0%	11.6%
25 to 34	19.0%	3.2%
35 to 44	7.8%	8.4%
45 to 54	7.8%	6.8%
55 to 64	19.7%	35.3%
65 to 74	6.7%	13.2%
75 and over	11.6%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kenton	Samburg
White (non-Hispanic)	74.6%	96.3%
Black or African American	10.1%	0.0%
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%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kenton	Samburg
No high school diploma	13.3%	24.3%
High school graduate	55.2%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	3.8%	3.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kenton	Samburg
Drove alone	92.7%	91.4%
Carpooled	3.8%	2.5%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	6.2%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kenton	Samburg
1-unit, detached	84.3%	67.7%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	28.4%

Poverty & households

	Kenton	Samburg
Poverty rate	20.4%	24.2%
Average household size	2.61	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	29	37
Median year structure built	1966	1983