Kenton vs Union City

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

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

Union City has the higher population (11,040 vs 1,487 in Kenton). Union City has the higher median household income ($45,523 vs $40,993 in Kenton). Union City has the higher median home value ($138,400 vs $96,400 in Kenton).

Population, income & housing

	Kenton	Union City
Population	1,487	11,040
Median age	39.8 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$40,993	$45,523
Median home value	$96,400	$138,400
Median gross rent	$676	$732
Housing units	675	4,835
Homeownership rate	58.0%	53.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.7%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kenton	Union City
Population	1,188 → 1,487 (+25.2%)	10,424 → 11,040 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$40,385 → $40,993 (+1.5%)	$28,580 → $45,523 (+59.3%)
Median home value	$83,000 → $96,400 (+16.1%)	$96,700 → $138,400 (+43.1%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $676 (+8.2%)	$584 → $732 (+25.3%)

Kenton

Population

1,1881,487

Median household income

$40,385$40,993

Median home value

$83,000$96,400

Median gross rent

$625$676

Union City

Population

10,42411,040

Median household income

$28,580$45,523

Median home value

$96,700$138,400

Median gross rent

$584$732

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kenton	Union City
Under 5	6.1%	6.6%
5 to 17	16.2%	20.2%
18 to 24	5.0%	8.2%
25 to 34	19.0%	14.0%
35 to 44	7.8%	15.0%
45 to 54	7.8%	9.3%
55 to 64	19.7%	10.2%
65 to 74	6.7%	9.4%
75 and over	11.6%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kenton	Union City
White (non-Hispanic)	74.6%	63.3%
Black or African American	10.1%	22.0%
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%	0.3%
Two or more races	14.7%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kenton	Union City
No high school diploma	13.3%	15.2%
High school graduate	55.2%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.8%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kenton	Union City
Drove alone	92.7%	81.9%
Carpooled	3.8%	12.3%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	2.3%	3.4%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kenton	Union City
1-unit, detached	84.3%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	16.2%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Kenton	Union City
Poverty rate	20.4%	22.4%
Average household size	2.61	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	29	17
Median year structure built	1966	1969