Best PlacesKennedale, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kennedale, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Kennedale ranks 8,215th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Kennedale
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.
Kennedale's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kennedale ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 94% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 92% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 92% of towns
- Household income$115,641 median, better than 92% of towns
Where Kennedale ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 11% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 11% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Kennedale
A household needs to earn about $106,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kennedale home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $115,641, 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 Kennedale's effective rate of 1.48%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Kennedale
Kennedale's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Kennedale.
Who works in Kennedale, and how
Work in Kennedale centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Kennedale
Kennedale has more restaurants and bars per resident than 72% of towns and more parkland per resident than 89% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Kennedale and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Kennedale, month by month
Kennedale sees roughly 134 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 60, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60° | 47° | 37° |
| April | 79° | 67° | 56° |
| July | 98° | 87° | 76° |
| October | 82° | 69° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Kennedale
Dallas-Fort Worth International sits about 20 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 41.3 million passengers in 2025, with 289 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Kennedale
Schools across Kennedale average a C+, better than 45% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Nancy Neal ElA− · 60% proficient
- Moore ElC · 33% proficient
- James F Delaney ElC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Linda Jobe MiddleB · 47% proficient
- Boles J HB · 44% proficient
- Kennedale J HC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Martin H SB+ · 56% proficient
- Tarrant Co College South/fort Worth Collegiate H SB− · 45% proficient
- Kennedale H SB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kennedale school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kennedale 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 Kennedale against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Kennedale
Is Kennedale a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kennedale ranks 8,215th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, low taxes, and cell coverage, and lowest on summer heat and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Kennedale expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $372,296. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $115,641 median income, cost of living beats 94% of towns.
Is Kennedale safe?
Kennedale is safer than 43% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $403 per resident a year.
Compare Kennedale with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kennedale. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kennedale 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.
Kennedale detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kennedale: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kennedale: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kennedale: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kennedale: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kennedale 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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