Kenmare is a tiny city located in the state of North Dakota. With a population of 919 people and just one neighborhood, Kenmare is the 86th largest community in North Dakota.
Unlike some cities, Kenmare isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Kenmare are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Kenmare is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Kenmare who work in sales jobs (12.28%), teaching (9.16%), and food service (8.97%).
It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Kenmare has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Kenmare has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Kenmare than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Kenmare may be for you.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Kenmare spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 17.82 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
The education level of Kenmare citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 21.31% of adults in Kenmare have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Kenmare in 2022 was $42,986, which is upper middle income relative to North Dakota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $171,944 for a family of four. However, Kenmare contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Kenmare home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kenmare residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Kenmare include German, Norwegian, Swedish, English, and Danish.
The most common language spoken in Kenmare is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Korean.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
Of note is NeighborhoodScout's research finding that the neighborhood has some of the lowest rates of children living in poverty of any neighborhood in the United States. In a nation where approximately 1 in 4 children are living in poverty, the community truly stands out from the rest in this regard.
This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 4 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 98.4% of America. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Norwegian and Danish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 34.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Norwegian ancestry and 3.9% have Danish ancestry.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Kenmare are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 43.5% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.0% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 100.0% of America's neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 35.2% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 26.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (23.7%), and 11.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.6% of households.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Kenmare, ND, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (36.5%). There are also a number of people of Norwegian ancestry (34.8%), and residents who report Irish roots (7.3%), and some of the residents are also of Swedish ancestry (5.5%), along with some English ancestry residents (4.8%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (51.3% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (73.0%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (9.7%) and 8.8% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.