With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Kenwood Estates works elsewhere
0% of workers work from home (Florida 16%). Employers in Kenwood Estates report 123 jobs, against 493 working residents. The two grades for Kenwood Estates are C+ for jobs and income and A+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Kenwood Estates, in a few figures
Kenwood Estates is a place people come home to
There are 123 jobs based in Kenwood Estates, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Kenwood Estates has about 890 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Kenwood Estates workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 493 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Kenwood Estates
On income, poverty and job access, Kenwood Estates is better than 38% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Kenwood Estates’ grade up (ahead of 87% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (33.5%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (2.3%) is left out: Kenwood Estates’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Kenwood Estates could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Who leaves Kenwood Estates for work, and who comes in
On a workday 492 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 122 people come in from elsewhere.
About 890 people are in Kenwood Estates on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Time on the road from Kenwood Estates: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kenwood Estates workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 606 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
10% of working residents work in West Palm Beach
Where Kenwood Estates clocks in
9% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The kinds of work in Kenwood Estates
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kenwood Estates, 2013 → 2023: 98 → 123. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kenwood Estates’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Kenwood Estates
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Kenwood Estates, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Kenwood Estates is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Kenwood Estates near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 606 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 34% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Kenwood Estates households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Kenwood Estates’ commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700, Kenwood Estates comes 2,262nd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 43 | Fisher Island FL | 1,026 | $250K | 3.8% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 103 | Golden Beach FL | 1,029 | $236K | 7.1% | 2.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 139 | Belleair Beach FL | 1,581 | $164K | 5.9% | 3.6% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,260 | Milford PA | 1,142 | $75K | 11.3% | 2.4% | 14% | C+ |
| 2,261 | Carr Township IN | 1,358 | $68K | 6.0% | 1.6% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,262 | Kenwood Estates FL | 1,263 | $66K | 33.5% | 2.3% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,263 | Taft Southwest TX | 1,635 | $56K | 10.6% | 11.4% | 0% | C+ |
| 2,264 | Pine Mountain GA | 1,303 | $91K | 18.5% | 1.2% | 5% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Kenwood Estates, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Kenwood Estates and its neighbors: 15% work next door
The biggest share goes to Palm Springs (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kenwood Estates workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenwood Estates | – | C+ | A+ | 27 min | $66,477 |
| Palm Springs | 9% | C+ | A | 26 min | $61,739 |
| Greenacres | 6% | C+ | A− | 30 min | $70,491 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Kenwood Estates’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Kenwood Estates: questions
What is the median household income in Kenwood Estates?
$66,477 (±$24,985) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kenwood Estates?
33.5%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kenwood Estates?
27 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kenwood Estates work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are West Palm Beach (10%, 8 mi), Palm Springs (9%, 1 mi), Greenacres (6%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Kenwood Estates walkable?
Kenwood Estates is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 15.8 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kenwood Estates without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 34% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kenwood Estates, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kenwood Estates
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.