Best PlacesKenyon, RI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kenyon, 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.
Kenyon ranks 7,519th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and state finances rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Kenyon
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.
Kenyon's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kenyon ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 93% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 92% of towns
Where Kenyon ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 2% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,325 a month, better than only 8% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 12% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Kenyon
A household needs to earn about $129,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kenyon home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $105,690, 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 Kenyon's effective rate of 0.88%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Kenyon
Kenyon runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Kenyon.
Who works in Kenyon, and how
Work in Kenyon centers on retail trade and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Kenyon
The coast is about 14 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Kenyon, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Kenyon, month by month
Kenyon sees roughly 102 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 31° | 22° |
| April | 57° | 47° | 38° |
| July | 82° | 72° | 63° |
| October | 65° | 54° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Kenyon
The nearest airport, Westerly State, is about 12 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 65 miles away.
The best schools in and around Kenyon
Schools across Kenyon average a B+, better than 76% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Curtis Corner Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
- Chariho Regional Middle SchoolB · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Chariho High SchoolB+ · 56% proficient
- South Kingstown HighB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kenyon school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kenyon 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 Kenyon against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Kenyon
Is Kenyon a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kenyon ranks 7,519th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, low crime, and heat safety, and lowest on state finances and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Kenyon expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $489,597. The overall cost of living runs about 18% above the national average. Set against a $105,690 median income, cost of living beats 64% of towns.
Is Kenyon safe?
Yes, Kenyon is safer than 97% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $104 per resident a year.
Compare Kenyon with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kenyon. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kenyon 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.
Kenyon detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kenyon: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kenyon: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kenyon: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kenyon: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kenyon 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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