Best PlacesKenedy, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kenedy, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Kenedy ranks 33,810th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Kenedy
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Kenedy's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kenedy ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 186 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Short commute20.5 minutes each way, better than 86% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 85% of towns
Where Kenedy ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 2% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 3% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 6% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Kenedy
A household needs to earn about $38,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kenedy home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,683, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Kenedy's effective rate of 0.68%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Kenedy
Kenedy's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Kenedy.
Who works in Kenedy, and how
Work in Kenedy centers on construction and public administration. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Kenedy
Kenedy has more restaurants and bars per resident than 85% of towns and more parkland per resident than 94% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Kenedy and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Kenedy, month by month
Kenedy sees roughly 186 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 68, with lows near 45. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 68° | 55° | 45° |
| April | 84° | 72° | 62° |
| July | 96° | 84° | 75° |
| October | 87° | 74° | 64° |
Flying in and out of Kenedy
The nearest airport, Victoria Regional, is about 56 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is San Antonio International, about 63 miles away.
The best schools in and around Kenedy
Schools across Kenedy average a C−, better than 19% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pettus ElC− · 27% proficient
- Kenedy ElD+ · 22% proficient
- Roger E Sides ElD · 18% proficient
Top middle schools
- Karnes City J HC+ · 35% proficient
- Kenedy MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Three Rivers Jr/sr H SC+ · 37% proficient
- Kenedy H SC · 32% proficient
- Karnes City H SC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kenedy school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kenedy measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Kenedy against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Kenedy
Is Kenedy a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kenedy ranks 33,810th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, cell coverage, and low taxes, and lowest on thin health care access and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Kenedy expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $145,884. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $63,683 median income, cost of living beats 36% of towns.
Is Kenedy safe?
Kenedy is safer than 13% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $649 per resident a year.
Compare Kenedy with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kenedy. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kenedy represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Kenedy detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kenedy: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kenedy: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kenedy: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kenedy: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kenedy detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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