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Population (year 2000): 1,306. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,301 (-0.4% change)
Males: 610 (46.7%), Females: 696 (53.3%)
Obion County
Zip code:
38233
Median resident age: 37.8 years
Median household income: $29,803 (year 2000)
Median house value: $59,400 (year 2000)
Races in Kenton:
- White Non-Hispanic (83.4%)
- Black (14.4%)
- Hispanic (1.9%)
Ancestries: United States (28.1%), Irish
(13.1%), German (5.6%), English (5.1%), Scotch-Irish (1.3%),
Subsaharan African (1.2%).
Elevation: 308 feet
Land area: 2.0 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Kenton
- High school or higher: 72.5%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 6.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.0%
- Unemployed: 4.9%
- Mean travel time to work: 24.1 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Kenton town
- Never married: 14.1%
- Now married: 59.1%
- Separated: 1.6%
- Widowed: 11.7%
- Divorced: 13.4%
0.0% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -92 (-6.6%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Kenton:
- HEALTHSOUTH CANE CREEK REHAB HOSPITAL (about 16
miles; MARTIN, TN)
- METHODIST HEALTHCARE-VOLUNTEER HOSPITL (about 16
miles; MARTIN, TN)
- BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL UNION CITY (about 16
miles; UNION CITY, TN)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Kenton:
- MC KELLAR-SIPES REGIONAL (about 44 miles; JACKSON,
TN; ID: MKL)
- BARKLEY REGIONAL (about 61 miles; PADUCAH, KY; ID:
PAH)
- CAPE GIRARDEAU REGIONAL (about 80 miles; CAPE
GIRARDEAU, MO; ID: CGI)
Other public-use airports nearest to Kenton:
- EVERETT-STEWART (about 12 miles; UNION CITY, TN; ID:
UCY)
- FULTON (about 23 miles; FULTON, KY; ID: 1M7)
- GIBSON COUNTY (about 24 miles; TRENTON, TN; ID: TGC)
Amtrak station near Kenton:
- 19 miles: NEWBERN/DYERSBURG (NEWBERN, 108 JEFFERSON
ST.). Services: fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed
waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, free
short-term parking, free long-term parking.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Kenton:
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE-MARTIN (about 20 miles;
MARTIN, TN; Full-time enrollment: 5,131)
- UNION UNIVERSITY (about 38 miles; JACKSON, TN; FT
enrollment: 2,144)
- JACKSON STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 43 miles;
JACKSON, TN; FT enrollment: 2,534)
- MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY (about 58 miles; MURRAY, KY;
FT enrollment: 7,676)
- SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY (about 87 miles;
CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO; FT enrollment: 7,227)
- SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE-MACON CAMPUS
(about 92 miles; MEMPHIS, TN; FT enrollment: 6,979)
- UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS (about 96 miles; MEMPHIS, TN;
FT enrollment: 15,831)
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