Kenton vs South Fulton

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

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

South Fulton has the higher population (2,106 vs 1,487 in Kenton). South Fulton has the higher median household income ($51,875 vs $40,993 in Kenton). Kenton has the higher median home value ($96,400 vs $87,400 in South Fulton).

Population, income & housing

	Kenton	South Fulton
Population	1,487	2,106
Median age	39.8 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$40,993	$51,875
Median home value	$96,400	$87,400
Median gross rent	$676	$752
Housing units	675	1,113
Homeownership rate	58.0%	56.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.7%	20.8%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kenton	South Fulton
Population	1,188 → 1,487 (+25.2%)	2,305 → 2,106 (-8.6%)
Median household income	$40,385 → $40,993 (+1.5%)	$35,396 → $51,875 (+46.6%)
Median home value	$83,000 → $96,400 (+16.1%)	$73,000 → $87,400 (+19.7%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $676 (+8.2%)	$655 → $752 (+14.8%)

Kenton

Population

1,1881,487

Median household income

$40,385$40,993

Median home value

$83,000$96,400

Median gross rent

$625$676

South Fulton

Population

2,3052,106

Median household income

$35,396$51,875

Median home value

$73,000$87,400

Median gross rent

$655$752

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kenton	South Fulton
Under 5	6.1%	13.4%
5 to 17	16.2%	13.4%
18 to 24	5.0%	9.1%
25 to 34	19.0%	9.0%
35 to 44	7.8%	11.8%
45 to 54	7.8%	13.5%
55 to 64	19.7%	9.9%
65 to 74	6.7%	10.2%
75 and over	11.6%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kenton	South Fulton
White (non-Hispanic)	74.6%	68.9%
Black or African American	10.1%	18.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kenton	South Fulton
No high school diploma	13.3%	8.3%
High school graduate	55.2%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.8%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kenton	South Fulton
Drove alone	92.7%	87.5%
Carpooled	3.8%	8.9%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	2.7%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kenton	South Fulton
1-unit, detached	84.3%	83.2%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	6.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Kenton	South Fulton
Poverty rate	20.4%	26.3%
Average household size	2.61	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	29	18
Median year structure built	1966	1969