Ames vs Kenefick

A side-by-side comparison of Ames and Kenefick: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ames has the higher population (1,085 vs 798 in Kenefick). Kenefick has the higher median household income ($71,667 vs $44,236 in Ames). Kenefick has the higher median home value ($156,300 vs $153,800 in Ames).

Population, income & housing

	Ames	Kenefick
Population	1,085	798
Median age	39.6 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$44,236	$71,667
Median home value	$153,800	$156,300
Median gross rent	$1,008	$1,553
Housing units	478	286
Homeownership rate	67.2%	87.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.7%	4.4%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ames	Kenefick
Population	1,394 → 1,085 (-22.2%)	465 → 798 (+71.6%)
Median household income	$26,179 → $44,236 (+69.0%)	$53,864 → $71,667 (+33.1%)
Median home value	$64,300 → $153,800 (+139.2%)	$93,000 → $156,300 (+68.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,000 → $1,008 (+0.8%)	$766 → $1,553 (+102.7%)

Ames

Population

1,3941,085

Median household income

$26,179$44,236

Median home value

$64,300$153,800

Median gross rent

$1,000$1,008

Kenefick

Population

465798

Median household income

$53,864$71,667

Median home value

$93,000$156,300

Median gross rent

$766$1,553

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ames	Kenefick
Under 5	2.2%	4.3%
5 to 17	25.6%	20.6%
18 to 24	9.3%	3.8%
25 to 34	11.4%	14.8%
35 to 44	6.5%	10.3%
45 to 54	11.2%	16.3%
55 to 64	18.6%	11.9%
65 to 74	11.5%	14.2%
75 and over	3.6%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ames	Kenefick
White (non-Hispanic)	4.6%	71.4%
Black or African American	87.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	26.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ames	Kenefick
No high school diploma	12.0%	14.4%
High school graduate	59.1%	41.1%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree	3.7%	3.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ames	Kenefick
Drove alone	87.9%	81.2%
Carpooled	9.3%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	14.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ames	Kenefick
1-unit, detached	74.1%	47.6%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.8%	48.3%

Poverty & households

	Ames	Kenefick
Poverty rate	25.3%	22.2%
Average household size	2.65	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	25	40
Median year structure built	1999	1994