Best PlacesKenner, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kenner, 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.
Kenner ranks 1,819th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Kenner
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.
Kenner's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kenner ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 95% of cities
- Cheap childcare$702 a month, better than 89% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than 86% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 85% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than 81% of cities
Where Kenner ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than only 4% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 8% of cities
- Local economyBetter than only 12% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Kenner
A household needs to earn about $64,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kenner home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $73,264, 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 Kenner's effective rate of 0.45%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Kenner
Kenner's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Kenner.
Who works in Kenner, and how
Work in Kenner centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Kenner
Kenner has more restaurants and bars per resident than 83% of cities and more parkland per resident than 77% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Kenner and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Kenner, month by month
Kenner sees roughly 109 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 66, with lows near 45. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66° | 55° | 45° |
| April | 81° | 71° | 61° |
| July | 94° | 84° | 77° |
| October | 84° | 74° | 65° |
Flying in and out of Kenner
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International sits about 2 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 6.2 million passengers in 2025, with 112 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Kenner
Schools across Kenner average a C, better than 50% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Airline Park Academy For Advanced StudiesA+ · 88% proficient
- St. Rose Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Chateau Estates SchoolC · 34% proficient
Top middle schools
- Harry M. Hurst Middle SchoolB+ · 49% proficient
- Albert Cammon Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- John Q. Adams Middle SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Destrehan High SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- East Jefferson High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Grace King High SchoolD · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kenner school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kenner 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 Kenner against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Kenner suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 6% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Kenner
Is Kenner a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kenner ranks 1,819th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on low property taxes, affordable childcare, and walkability, and lowest on car insurance costs and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Kenner expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $256,517. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $73,264 median income, cost of living beats 20% of cities.
Is Kenner safe?
Kenner is safer than 41% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $433 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Kenner?
July highs average about 94 degrees, and January highs near 66 with lows near 45. That works out to about 109 pleasant days a year, more than 65% of cities.
Is Kenner good for families?
Schools beat 50% of cities, crime safety beats 41%, and childcare runs $702 a month.
Compare Kenner with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kenner. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kenner 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.
Kenner detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kenner: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kenner: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kenner: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kenner: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kenner 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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