Kenton vs Woodland Mills

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

Kenton and Woodland Mills 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 584 in Woodland Mills). Woodland Mills has the higher median household income ($77,368 vs $40,993 in Kenton). Woodland Mills has the higher median home value ($125,300 vs $96,400 in Kenton).

Population, income & housing

	Kenton	Woodland Mills
Population	1,487	584
Median age	39.8 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$40,993	$77,368
Median home value	$96,400	$125,300
Median gross rent	$676	$869
Housing units	675	196
Homeownership rate	58.0%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.7%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kenton	Woodland Mills
Population	1,188 → 1,487 (+25.2%)	323 → 584 (+80.8%)
Median household income	$40,385 → $40,993 (+1.5%)	$44,000 → $77,368 (+75.8%)
Median home value	$83,000 → $96,400 (+16.1%)	$100,400 → $125,300 (+24.8%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $676 (+8.2%)	$558 → $869 (+55.7%)

Kenton

Population

1,1881,487

Median household income

$40,385$40,993

Median home value

$83,000$96,400

Median gross rent

$625$676

Woodland Mills

Population

323584

Median household income

$44,000$77,368

Median home value

$100,400$125,300

Median gross rent

$558$869

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kenton	Woodland Mills
Under 5	6.1%	8.9%
5 to 17	16.2%	16.8%
18 to 24	5.0%	5.8%
25 to 34	19.0%	7.0%
35 to 44	7.8%	23.3%
45 to 54	7.8%	15.1%
55 to 64	19.7%	6.0%
65 to 74	6.7%	10.6%
75 and over	11.6%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kenton	Woodland Mills
White (non-Hispanic)	74.6%	82.9%
Black or African American	10.1%	6.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.7%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kenton	Woodland Mills
No high school diploma	13.3%	7.5%
High school graduate	55.2%	49.8%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.8%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kenton	Woodland Mills
Drove alone	92.7%	88.9%
Carpooled	3.8%	5.9%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	5.2%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kenton	Woodland Mills
1-unit, detached	84.3%	91.3%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Kenton	Woodland Mills
Poverty rate	20.4%	5.0%
Average household size	2.61	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	29	20
Median year structure built	1966	1970