Karnes City vs Kenedy

A side-by-side comparison of Karnes City and Kenedy: population, income, housing, and more.

Karnes City and Kenedy are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Kenedy has the higher population (3,442 vs 3,101 in Karnes City). Karnes City has the higher median household income ($58,601 vs $39,688 in Kenedy). Kenedy has the higher median home value ($134,300 vs $90,400 in Karnes City).

Population, income & housing

	Karnes City	Kenedy
Population	3,101	3,442
Median age	35.4 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$58,601	$39,688
Median home value	$90,400	$134,300
Median gross rent	$669	$1,041
Housing units	1,225	1,619
Homeownership rate	66.8%	46.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	8.5%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Karnes City	Kenedy
Population	3,404 → 3,101 (-8.9%)	3,384 → 3,442 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$54,844 → $58,601 (+6.9%)	$41,926 → $39,688 (-5.3%)
Median home value	$76,500 → $90,400 (+18.2%)	$76,500 → $134,300 (+75.6%)
Median gross rent	$829 → $669 (-19.3%)	$715 → $1,041 (+45.6%)

Karnes City

Population

3,4043,101

Median household income

$54,844$58,601

Median home value

$76,500$90,400

Median gross rent

$829$669

Kenedy

Population

3,3843,442

Median household income

$41,926$39,688

Median home value

$76,500$134,300

Median gross rent

$715$1,041

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Karnes City	Kenedy
Under 5	2.7%	8.9%
5 to 17	13.8%	22.4%
18 to 24	14.5%	7.4%
25 to 34	17.9%	9.9%
35 to 44	17.0%	23.0%
45 to 54	12.6%	7.6%
55 to 64	11.9%	7.4%
65 to 74	4.4%	5.9%
75 and over	5.3%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Karnes City	Kenedy
White (non-Hispanic)	20.7%	10.9%
Black or African American	5.1%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	69.9%	78.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Karnes City	Kenedy
No high school diploma	28.5%	13.6%
High school graduate	40.6%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	18.0%	44.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Karnes City	Kenedy
Drove alone	78.2%	74.4%
Carpooled	16.9%	13.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	7.3%
Bicycle	2.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	3.2%
Other means	0.2%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Karnes City	Kenedy
1-unit, detached	61.7%	68.1%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	9.9%
20 or more units	1.9%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	19.4%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Karnes City	Kenedy
Poverty rate	25.8%	30.2%
Average household size	2.31	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	20	16
Median year structure built	1973	1981