Kennedale has higher household incomes than 88% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Kennedale A; getting around on foot earns it C+. The poverty rate is 11.3%, next to 13.8% for Texas as a whole. Only 4% work in Kennedale itself; outside it, Fort Worth draws the most (22%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Kennedale
A lot of Kennedale works one town over
40% of working residents work in a town that borders Kennedale: Fort Worth (22%) and Arlington (18%). Next door ↓
Kennedale makes and builds things
47% of the jobs based in Kennedale are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Kennedale residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 16%. The jobs ↓
Kennedale workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (27 to 29 minutes). 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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Kennedale
Job access by car holds Kennedale’s grade up (ahead of 96% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down. It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Kennedale could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
A place that makes things: 47% of Kennedale’s jobs are in goods
3,035 jobs are based in Kennedale.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kennedale, 2013 → 2023: 3,639 → 3,035. 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 Kennedale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Kennedale: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kennedale workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,467 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 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.
How a workday changes Kennedale
On a workday 3,992 residents head out to work, 158 work right here, and 2,877 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,500 people are in Kennedale on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.73 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Kennedale work
Where Kennedale clocks in
22% of workers
18% 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.
How many miles Kennedale commutes
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.
The commute in Kennedale is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Kennedale is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns, #415 of 642 in Texas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.0% across Texas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,964 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 43% 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). 3.7% of Kennedale households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Kennedale’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Kennedale is 530th among 2,878 U.S. towns of 7,000 to 14,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Alamo Heights TX | 7,632 | $183K | 2.5% | 2.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Lucas TX | 8,896 | $221K | 1.3% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 528 | Severance CO | 11,841 | $125K | 5.2% | 2.3% | 2% | A |
| 529 | Wyomissing PA | 11,285 | $93K | 7.3% | 2.1% | 10% | A |
| 530 | Kennedale TX | 10,626 | $119K | 11.3% | 2.4% | 4% | A |
| 531 | Blendon Township OH | 9,857 | $102K | 4.3% | 4.3% | 2% | A |
| 532 | East Bradford Township PA | 10,970 | $155K | 4.6% | 4.8% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Kennedale, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Next door is work for 40% of Kennedale
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kennedale workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kennedale | – | A | C+ | 32 min | $118,794 |
| Arlington | 18% | B− | B | 27 min | $75,171 |
| Fort Worth | 22% | B | B+ | 27 min | $79,507 |
| Forest Hill | under 2% | B− | B | 29 min | $68,457 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Fort Worth. Darker towns draw more of Kennedale’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 Kennedale: questions
What is the median household income in Kennedale?
$118,794 (±$7,597) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kennedale?
11.3%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kennedale?
32 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kennedale work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Worth (22%, 12 mi), Arlington (18%, 7 mi), Dallas (10%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Kennedale walkable?
Kennedale is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kennedale without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kennedale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kennedale
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.