Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Kenner earns a D, ranked 128th of 161 in Louisiana, mostly because of safety. It reports more crime per resident than 83% of U.S. towns, including 184 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025. In its favor, it is more walkable than 77% of U.S. towns. Only 20 of Louisiana’s 255 towns score lower on hazard risk. Kenner's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 93% of U.S. towns. Kenner has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Felix-Block Building and Kenner Town Hall.
Where Kenner beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Felix-Block BuildingEach subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Louisiana), ordered by how far Kenner is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 970 in 1880, 66,448 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1880 and 7 maps from 1891 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Kenner. Close and well known come first.
Big draw11 mi Stadium & arenaCaesars Superdome
Big draw15 mi LakeLake Pontchartrain
12 mi MuseumNational World War II Museum707K visitors a year
in town Stadium & arenaPontchartrain Center
24 mi MuseumWhitney Plantation Historic District
10 mi City parkCity ParkCaesars Superdome: Infrogmation of New Orleans, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lake Pontchartrain: Mersh13, CC BY-SA 3.0 · National World War II Museum: Nolabob, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pontchartrain Center: Infrogmation of New Orleans, CC BY 3.0 · Whitney Plantation Historic District: Bill Leiser, CC BY-SA 4.0 · City Park: Infrogmation of New Orleans, CC BY 2.5
Who provides power, water and the rest in Kenner, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Kenner.
Kenner has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns, trades workers with New Orleans and other neighbors and looks healthier within Louisiana than nationally.
11,828 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 884 properties have flooded more than once.
In Kenner, the natural-hazard score from FEMA is 97 of 100. 11,828 flood insurance claims have been paid in the town since 1978. Expected losses in Kenner break down as 62% from hurricanes and 28% from inland flooding. Federal aid has come to Kenner households in 19 declared disasters; the latest was in 2024.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Two of its 10 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed. Public schools: the Jefferson Parish school district. 6 public schools serve Kenner, with 3,297 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Benson SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 631 | D |
| Kenner Discovery Health Sciences AcademyLargest public high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 2,263 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within LA on state tests and graduation
Reported crimes fell from 2,219 to 1,492 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
For Kenner, the property offense rate is 20.4 per 1,000 residents. Its rate of reported violence is 2.9 per 1,000 residents, where Louisiana’s towns sit at 4.4 and U.S. towns at 1.6. Within Louisiana, it does better than 60% of towns.
| Kenner | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 20.4 per 1,000 residents | 24.2 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.9 per 1,000 residents | 4.4 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Trails total 5.8 miles in 14 parks and preserves. The biggest place to walk is Kenner City Park, 32 acres with 1 miles of trail. Parks and preserves locally: 14, covering 119 acres.
| Kenner | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.8% | 1.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Kenner City Park | 1 mi | 32 |
| 2. Veterans Memorial Park | 1 mi | 9 |
| 3. Pontchartrain Park | 0.8 mi | 18 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Within Louisiana it is healthier than 73% of the 161 graded towns: much of Louisiana scores lower on these measures.
Kenner: 18% of adults report frequent mental distress, below the Louisiana town median (20%) and near the median of U.S. towns (17%). For adults in the town, the share who have diabetes is 16%. Only 5 of the 161 Louisiana towns we compare have a lower share of adults who have been diagnosed with depression than Kenner. Just over a fifth of adults in Kenner worry about having enough food; 41% have high blood pressure.
| Kenner | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 16% | 12% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 26% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 44% | 35% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 9.8% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Kenner | LA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 13.4% | 18.1% |
| Fewer smokers | 14.4% | 17.3% |
| More uninsured adults | 12.4% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The typical value, about $260K, is 23% below its August 2022 peak. At about $260K, home values are down 21% in five years, against a rise of 1% across Louisiana.
Over the 12 months to September 2026, the typical home gained 2% in value. On the market in Kenner: a median 27 days to sell. In Kenner, 63% of households live in a home they own.
| Kenner | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 63% | 68% | 73% |
| Renters paying 30%+ of income on rent | 56% | 59% | 48% |
| Median rent | $1,179 a month | $989 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
January nights average 43.9°, milder than in 96% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 91.7°.
Snow almost never falls. The January low locally is 44°F.
| Kenner | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 44°F | 42°F | 22°F |
| July high | 92°F | 92°F | 85°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Kenner has about as many jobs (24,805) as working residents, but only 3,876 people both live and work here.
Among working residents in Kenner, 16% work locally. Since 2013, Kenner has added 3,169 jobs, to 24,805 in 2023. The median commute is under 9 miles. The top destinations are New Orleans (22%), Metairie (20%) and Elmwood (6%).
| Kenner | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 16% | 9.8% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 20% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 4.7% | 5.6% | 11% |
| Median household income | $64,000 | $56,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
29% of adults 25 and older hold at least a bachelor’s degree, against 27% across Louisiana. Age groups here sit within 4 points of the Louisiana average. Kenner: 19% of residents are 65 or older.
| Kenner | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 29% | 20% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 19% | 16% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 24% | 24% | 22% |
| Median age | 39.3 years | 37.8 years | 40.5 years |
53% women, 47% men
About 91 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±1.4 points). Across Louisiana, 51.1% of residents are women. Median age: women 40.6, men 38.1.
| Kenner | LA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 13.7% | 12.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.9% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.7% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.1% | 13.3% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.9% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.2% | 11.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.4% | 12.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.4% | 10.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.8% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 15.1% | 12.7% | 10.4% |
| High school | 27.6% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.6% | 20.4% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.6% | 7.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.3% | 17% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.8% | 10.1% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
12 within 15 miles of the center of Kenner
About 4 of every 100 Kenner residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Louisiana.
3 places in Kenner on the National Register of Historic Places.
10 notable people were born in Kenner.
City in Louisiana, United States
Kenner is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is the most populous city in Jefferson Parish, and is the largest incorporated suburb of New Orleans. The population was 66,448 at the 2020 census, making it the sixth-most populous city in Louisiana.
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3 towns share a border with Kenner.
All 3 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its D; Metairie (C) is closest.
| Town | LA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenner | #128 | D | C | C− | B | C |
| Metairie | #67 | C | C− | — | B | B− |
| St. Rose | #30 | B− | C+ | — | A | C |
| River Ridge | #50 | C+ | C− | — | B | B |
Metairie, St. Rose and River Ridge report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Kenner with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Kenner grades D overall, better than 12% of U.S. towns and #128 of 161 in Louisiana. It grades C for health, C− for safety and B for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D−.
Within Louisiana, it does better than 60% of towns.
That is 4.1 years of the area's median household income ($62,655 across the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
10 notable people were born here, including Lloyd Price and Henry Gray.
