One of the benefits of Kenedy is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 16.82 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.
The percentage of people in Kenedy with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.44% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Kenedy in 2018 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.
