One of the benefits of Kenedy is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.94 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Being a small city, Kenedy does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In Kenedy, just 8.51% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Kenedy in 2022 was $23,088, which is low income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $92,352 for a family of four. However, Kenedy contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Kenedy also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 30.19% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Kenedy is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Kenedy home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Kenedy, accounting for 78.38% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Kenedy residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Kenedy include German, Irish, English, Polish, and French.
The most common language spoken in Kenedy is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
