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Raw data sources: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Finance Agency.
Methodology: NeighborhoodScout uses over 600 characteristics to build a neighborhood profile… Read more about Scout's Real Estate Data
With a population of 64,007, 26,172 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $279,549, Kenner real estate and house prices are near the national average for all cities and towns.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Kenner, accounting for 60.38% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Kenner include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 21.27%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 12.34%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 4.67%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Kenner are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 59.91% owning and 40.09% renting.
There is a lot of housing in Kenner built from 1970 to 1999 so parts of town may have that "Brady Bunch" look of homes popular in the '70s and early '80s, although some of these houses were built up through the early '90s as well. There is also a lot of housing in Kenner built between 1940-1969 ( 25.76%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 2000 and later ( 10.30%).
Some of the lowest real estate appreciation rates in America over the last ten years have been in Kenner, where house values have increased just 53.25%, which is annualized rate of 4.36%. This rate is lower than the appreciation rate found in 90% of the cities and towns in America.
Over the last year, Kenner appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Kenner's appreciation rate has been -0.75%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Kenner were at -0.81%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of -3.20%.
Notably, Kenner's appreciation rate in the latest quarter is one of the lowest in America.
Relative to Louisiana, our data show that Kenner's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 80% of the other cities and towns in Louisiana.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within Kenner differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Kenner - or in any city or town - that have the best track record of real estate appreciation, by the latest quarter, the last year, 2 years, 5 years, 10 years, or even since 2000, to assist you in making the best Kenner real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$279,549
for Louisiana
for nation
26,172
$1,507 / per month