KennedyvilleMD
Home to 205 people, the town was settled in 1861.
Is Kennedyville a good place to live?
Kennedyville’s mean commuting time is 10 minutes, where Maryland’s towns sit at 32 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Only one of the 262 Maryland towns we compare has a lower typical household income than Kennedyville. Kennedyville has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
205 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Kennedyville: who provides what
Kennedyville is unincorporated, so Kent County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Mar 11, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Kennedyville.
Most of Kennedyville’s workers commute out: the town has 0.4 jobs for each of them
1% of Kennedyville working residents work locally. The top destinations are Chestertown (22%), Baltimore (3%) and Centreville (2%). For half of commuters, work is under 9 miles away.
| Kennedyville | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1% | 3.1% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 9.8% | 7% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Natural hazards: low risk in Kennedyville, mostly drought
Expected losses in Kennedyville break down as 36% from drought and 22% from hurricanes. On expected storm and flood damage, Kennedyville sits below 78% of U.S. communities. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Kennedyville once, in 2003.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Kennedyville’s typical home value is about $524K
In the year to September 2026, typical home values climbed 4.1%. For households in Kennedyville, the share who live in a home they own is 86%.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Kennedyville
July afternoons reach 88°, January nights drop to 26° and about 17 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Kennedyville is
In Kennedyville, 14% of adults smoke cigarettes. Against the Maryland average, Kennedyville comes out ahead on 8 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 8. Two figures for adults locally: 30% feel lonely, 33% sleep under 7 hours.
| Kennedyville | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 35% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 34% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 38% | 36% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 12% | 12% |
| What stands out | Kennedyville | MD |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 5.6% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9.5% | 13.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.6% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Kennedyville
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Kennedyville
About 5 of every 100 Kennedyville residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Maryland.
99% of working residents leave Kennedyville for work
Where Kennedyville’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Questions about Kennedyville
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Kennedyville, MD a good place to live?
Kennedyville has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.