Kenmore is a somewhat small coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Washington. With a population of 18,540 people and four constituent neighborhoods, Kenmore is the 53rd largest community in Washington.

Kenmore is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Kenmore is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Kenmore who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.35%), management occupations (14.06%), and sales jobs (11.98%).

Also of interest is that Kenmore has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Kenmore is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

The city is also nautical, which means that parts of Kenmore are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

Kenmore Information and Demographics

The education level of Kenmore citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (14.96%): 41.51% of adults in Kenmore have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Kenmore in 2000 was $31,692, which is wealthy relative to Washington and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $126,768 for a family of four. However, Kenmore contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Kenmore is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Kenmore home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Kenmore is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Kenmore include German, Irish, English, Norwegian, Swedish, Scottish, Italian, and European.

The most common language spoken in Kenmore is English. Some people also speak Spanish.