Best PlacesKenneth City, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kenneth City, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Kenneth City ranks 23,509th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Kenneth City
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.
Kenneth City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kenneth City ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of towns
Where Kenneth City ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Kenneth City
A household needs to earn about $73,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kenneth City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $56,250, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Kenneth City'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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Kenneth City
Kenneth City runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Kenneth City.
Who works in Kenneth City, and how
Work in Kenneth City centers on retail trade 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 84%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Kenneth City
Kenneth City has more restaurants and bars per resident than 84% of towns. The coast is about 11 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Kenneth City and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Kenneth City, month by month
Kenneth City sees roughly 158 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 71, with lows near 54. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 71° | 61° | 54° |
| April | 83° | 75° | 68° |
| July | 91° | 84° | 78° |
| October | 86° | 78° | 73° |
Flying in and out of Kenneth City
The nearest airport, St Pete-Clearwater International, is about 7 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Tampa International, about 16 miles away.
The best schools in and around Kenneth City
Schools across Kenneth City average a B−, better than 57% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Westgate Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Blanton Elementary SchoolB · 49% proficient
- Seventy-fourth St. ElementaryC− · 27% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pinellas Park Middle SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Tyrone Middle SchoolC · 31% proficient
- Azalea Middle SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Dixie M. Hollins High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kenneth City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kenneth City 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 Kenneth City against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Kenneth City
Is Kenneth City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kenneth City ranks 23,509th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, walkability, and transit, and lowest on summer heat and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Kenneth City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $284,706. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $56,250 median income, cost of living beats 24% of towns.
Is Kenneth City safe?
Yes, Kenneth City is safer than 57% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $180 per resident a year.
Compare Kenneth City with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kenneth City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kenneth City 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.
Kenneth City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kenneth City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kenneth City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kenneth City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kenneth City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kenneth City 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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