Living in Kennedyville, MD
Kennedyville is a tiny town of 205 people in Kent County, Maryland. It's about 27 miles from Dover, DE and 33 miles from Baltimore, MD, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 87°F and winter highs 41°F, with about 17 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $264k and rent runs about $1k a month.
205people
$264kTypical home
$1,209/moRent
87° / 41°Summer / winter
17"Snow
238Sunny days
108Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 205
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 401 people per sq mi
- 33 mi to Baltimore, MD
- 27 mi to Dover, DE
- 18 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $264k (≈$1,662/mo)
- Median rent $1,209/mo
- Median household income $37k
- Property tax about 0.9% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 87°F
- Winter highs around 41°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 65°F)
- 238 sunny days a year (83 totally clear)
- 127 cloudy days a year
- 38 of 90 winter days are gray
- 108 days a year with rain or snow
- 17" of snow a year
- 5 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 1 day a year over 100°F
- 3 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (109 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (486 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 55
- 16% of households have kids
- 22% are 65 or older
- 34% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 8% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 23 min
- 17% walk or take transit to work
- 31 mi to DOV airport
- 37 mi to BWI (major hub)
- 17 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 87% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1938
- 88% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 43 ft
- 4 mi to the ocean
- 214 mi to a big lake
- 11 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 73 mi to the nearest ski area
- 4 mi to the nearest campground
- 23 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 304 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 27 bars within 25 mi
- 84 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 21 museums within 25 mi
- 8 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 6 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 25% of Maryland districts (reading)
- 7 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 8 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 8 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 15 mi to the nearest vet
- 7 mi to the nearest dog park
- 12 congregations per 10k people
- 7 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Kent County: R+3 in 2024
- Maryland: D+29 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Moderate flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.