Texas · Census place 4838896

Kennedale, Texas

Kennedale is a city in Tarrant County, Texas with an estimated 10,771 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 236th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
10,771
#236 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+26.6%
+2,263 people
Land area
6.6 sq mi
Density
1,630 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Kennedale. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Kennedale population, 2020 to 2024

Kennedale added 2,263 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +26.6%. In the latest year it moved by +670. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 53rd; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Kennedale is 70% of it.

8,50820208,46520219,334202210.1k202310.8k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 8,518. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Kennedale covers 6.61 square miles of land, for 1,630 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Kennedale is close to the typical town.

What county Kennedale is in

All of Kennedale's residents live in Tarrant County, which had 2,230,708 residents in 2024. Kennedale holds 0.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Kennedale

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Kennedale by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 76060. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Kennedale is

The Census internal point of Kennedale is at 32.644000, -97.217200. Austin, the capital, is 166.6 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Forest Hill, TX (14,314 people), 3.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Arlington, TX, 6.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
32.644000, -97.217200
DMS
32°38'38.40"N 97°13'1.92"W
UTM
14N 667218.7E 3613225.5N
Geohash
9vfcey8t5
Plus code
8644JQVM+J4

Daylight in Kennedale

At 32.64° N, Kennedale gets about 14 h 18 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 00 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 18 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Kennedale

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Forest Hill, 3.1 miles away, with 14,314 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Kennedale, TX?

10,771 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 2,263 (26.6%) from 8,508 in July 2020.

What county is Kennedale in?

Tarrant County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Kennedale?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 76060.

How far is Kennedale from Austin?

166.6 miles (268.2 km) in a straight line, heading S from Kennedale.

What is the nearest larger city to Kennedale?

Forest Hill, TX, with 14,314 residents, 3.1 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.