Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Kenedy spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 16.82 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
Being a small city, Kenedy does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The rate of college-level education in Kenedy is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.44% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Kenedy in 2022 was $22,374, which is low income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $89,496 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 30.45% 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 86.24% 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 Irish, German, Polish, English, and French.
The most common language spoken in Kenedy is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
