Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety23#11,982/15,637
Economy26#11,536/15,631
Housing19#12,064/14,977
Health26#11,563/15,609
Healthcare61#6,131/15,650
Environment17#12,876/15,453
Education14#13,473/15,649
Infrastructure29#11,047/15,650
Community19#12,727/15,651
Leisure & amenities95#804/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Kenner, Louisiana ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Jefferson Parish value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Pharmacies · high3.5 /10k
98/100Louisiana 2.7 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsJefferson Parish value
Distance to an airport · low8 mi
97/100Louisiana 80 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauJefferson Parish value
Distance to an emergency room · low2.8 mi
96/100Louisiana 5.4 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesJefferson Parish value
Restaurants and bars · high13.6 /10k
92/100Louisiana 11.1 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsJefferson Parish value
Comfortable days · high33.3%
91/100Louisiana 29.3%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationJefferson Parish value
Access to exercise opportunities · high97.7%
89/100Louisiana 75.6%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteJefferson Parish value

Weaknesses

Natural hazard risk · high97.9
2/100Louisiana 71.72025Federal Emergency Management AgencyJefferson Parish value
Reading scores · low2.62
5/100Louisiana 2.74United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteJefferson Parish value
Loneliness · high38.2%
7/100Louisiana 37.4%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.488
8/100Louisiana 0.495United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Drug overdose deaths · high30.1 /100k
9/100Louisiana 25.5 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataJefferson Parish value
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high17.8%
9/100Louisiana 9.2%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Broadband subscriptionsImproving
76.7% (2015-2019) → 87.6% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
New homes permittedWorsening
0.8 /1k (2021) → 0.4 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−46%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Child poverty rateImproving
28.3% (2015-2019) → 20.1% (2020-2024)
−8.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
51.5% (2015-2019) → 55.7% (2020-2024)
+4.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
25.1% (2015-2019) → 29.1% (2020-2024)
+4 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
31.2% (2015-2019) → 35.1% (2020-2024)
+3.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Kenner, Louisiana improved on 4 of 15 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 8 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved4

Child poverty−8.2 points28.3% → 20.1%
Broadband+11 points76.7% → 87.6%
Bachelor's++4 points25.1% → 29.1%
Household income+16%$54,975 → $64,020

Declined3

Unemployment+2 points4.6% → 6.6%
Price / income+0.5×3.3× → 3.8×
Transit use−0.7 points1.1% → 0.3%

All 15 measures

Change of every measure of Kenner, Louisiana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	25.3 min2015-2019	25.3 min2020-2024	−0.0 min	Within the margin of error	48%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.1%2015-2019	29.1%2020-2024	+4 points	Improved	60%
Broadband subscriptions	76.7%2015-2019	87.6%2020-2024	+11 points	Improved	64%
Child poverty rate	28.3%2015-2019	20.1%2020-2024	−8.2 points	Improved	78%
Effective property tax rate	0.46%2015-2019	0.48%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	14%
High school diploma or higher	84.7%2015-2019	84.9%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	36%
Home price to income ratio	3.3×2015-2019	3.8×2020-2024	+0.5×	Declined	45%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4662015-2019	0.4882020-2024	+0.022	Within the margin of error	33%
Median household income	$54,9752015-2019	$64,0202020-2024	+16%	Improved	26%
Poverty rate	17.3%2015-2019	15.4%2020-2024	−1.9 points	Within the margin of error	61%
Public transit commuters	1.1%2015-2019	0.3%2020-2024	−0.7 points	Declined	19%
Rent as share of income	31.2%2015-2019	35.1%2020-2024	+3.9 points	Within the margin of error	27%
Rent-burdened households	51.5%2015-2019	55.7%2020-2024	+4.2 points	Within the margin of error	40%
Unemployment rate	4.6%2015-2019	6.6%2020-2024	+2 points	Declined	17%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	16.8%2015-2019	17.8%2020-2024	+1 points	Within the margin of error	34%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Kenner, Louisiana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Kenner, Louisiana in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Kenner, Louisiana itself moved −4.6 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

64,904 residents (±42)

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 70–79 women (+2.1 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

64,904 residents (±42)

Kenner, Louisiana
Louisiana share

White42%27,546
Black17%11,021
Hispanic or Latino30%19,179
Asian4.6%3,010
American Indian and Alaska Native0.2%†101
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.1%†72
Other or two or more races6.1%3,975

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Black (−6.4 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

45,275 residents (±1,030)

Kenner, Louisiana
Louisiana share

No high school diploma15%6,851
High school or GED28%12,475
Some college21%9,345
Associate degree7.6%3,422
Bachelor's degree19%8,739
Graduate degree9.8%4,443

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: High school or GED (−3.6 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

25,557 households (±803)

Kenner, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under $25k19%4,847
$25k–50k19%4,868
$50k–75k19%4,895
$75k–100k11%2,820
$100k–150k15%3,908
$150k–200k6.9%1,775
$200k or more9.6%2,444

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+4.8 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

25,557 households (±803)

Kenner, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Own63%16,138
Rent37%9,419

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+5.8 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

8,979 households (±751)

Kenner, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under $7505.6%†500
$750–1,00028%2,525
$1,000–1,50044%3,915

Home values

16,138 homes (±784)

Kenner, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under $150k14%2,284
$150k–250k37%6,027
$250k–400k34%5,432

Age of homes

27,908 homes (±682)

Kenner, Louisiana
Louisiana share

2010 or later4.9%1,366
2000–20098.1%2,265
1980–199929%8,007

Size of homes

27,908 homes (±682)

Kenner, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Studio3.8%†1,065
1 bedroom11%3,183
2 bedrooms23%6,412

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

29,955 workers (±1,262)

Kenner, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Drive alone78%23,305
Carpool13%3,815
Public transit0.3%†93
Walk1.6%†494
Bike0.1%†25
Work from home4.7%1,395
Other2.8%†828

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Other (+2.1 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

28,560 workers (±1,261)

Kenner, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under 15 min21%5,945
15–29 min40%11,482
30–44 min27%7,722

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Jefferson Parish, the county holding most of Kenner's residents.

Jefferson Parish has 11,728 employer establishments, 273 for every 10,000 residents (1.10× the US rate of 248; 1.16× Louisiana's), with 177,065 paid employees at an average annual pay of $60,036. The Census Bureau also counts 49,378 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 11,728; 49,378 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 273; US 248 · Louisiana 236
Paid employees: 177,065
Average annual pay: $60,036; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Jefferson Parish by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	1,111	25.9	1.24×About typical	13,470	$68,364	1,843
Restaurants and other eating places	921	21.5	1.17×About typical	15,187	$23,147	397
Specialty trade contractors	689	16.1	1.04×About typical	6,249	$67,895	3,657
Lessors of real estate	498	11.6	0.94×About typical	2,302	$55,488	4,528
Limited-service restaurants	418	9.7	1.21×About typical	6,883	$21,089	113
Legal services	403	9.4	1.75×More than typical	2,316	$77,195	706
Building equipment contractors	392	9.1	1.52×More than typical	3,770	$66,425	805
Offices of physicians	380	8.9	1.37×More than typical	5,554	$96,086	420
Full-service restaurants	364	8.5	1.10×About typical	6,887	$25,728	174
Insurance agencies and brokerages	362	8.4	1.92×More than typical	2,599	$93,524	713
Construction of buildings	292	6.8	0.90×About typical	2,344	$58,761	2,666
Clothing and accessories stores	285	6.6	1.83×More than typical	3,192	$24,480	558

Rank places for an industry Open Jefferson Parish

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 429,256 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $3.7M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Kenner, Louisiana: $57.73 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $3.7M; +553% vs FY2025
Per resident: $57.73; US $1,994
Sole-source: 55%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.6%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Army$1.9M51%
USTRANSCOM$1.3M33%
U.S. Coast Guard$342.4K9.1%
Department of Veterans Affairs$121.5K3.2%
U.S. Geological Survey$57K1.5%
Transportation Security Administration$43.5K1.2%
Offices, Boards and Divisions$30.3K0.8%
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$3,7500.1%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

3.9MFY2017
24MFY2018
1.5MFY2019
1.8MFY2020
3.8MFY2021
9.5MFY2022
4.4MFY2023
22.8M

Top industries (NAICS)

Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$1.3M35%
Nonscheduled air transportation · 4812$1.3M33%
Facilities support services · 5612$620.8K17%
Engine, turbine, and power transmission equipment manufacturing · 3336$315.8K8.4%
Building equipment contractors · 2382$128.2K3.4%
Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing · 3391$43.9K

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Kenner, Louisiana

WEST SHORE LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN, LA HURRICANE AND STORM DAMAGE RISK REDUCTION PROJECT, WSLP 109 LEVEE AND FLOODWALL, ST JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH, LOUISIANA$23.3M
CYCLE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, L.L.C.· Jefferson Parish, LA· Construction & real property· Sep 25, 2024 – Oct 14, 2025· W912P824C0041
LPV-06F.2.1 ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD SWING GATE LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND VICINITY$1.3M
VAST INDUSTRIES, LLC· Jefferson Parish, LA· Construction & real property· Apr 23, 2026 – Apr 23, 2026· W912P826CA020
PROVIDE HOUSING INSPECTION SERVICES FOR 13,000 HOUSES IN SUPPORT OF HURRICANE ZETA, DR-4577-LA$763.4K
VANGUARD INSPECTION SERVICES· Jefferson Parish, LA· Professional services· Jan 20, 2021 – Dec 19, 2025· 70FBR621F00000036

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Kenner, Louisiana, so they do not add up across cities.

Kenner, Louisiana's figures are part of those of Jefferson Parish, LA ($478.3M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.8% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Kenner is mostly in Jefferson Parish.

See federal money in Jefferson Parish

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Kenner, Louisiana is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

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County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Jefferson Parish34100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

New Orleans-Metairie, LA35

Other cities and towns in Jefferson Parish

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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