Editing Kensington, California (section)

==Demographics==
Kensington's current demographics result from the historical trend of [[white flight]]. In the 1950s, many white residents of nearby [[Richmond, California]] moved to Kensington as the African American population of Richmond increased tenfold to meet the needs of its growing wartime and post-war industrial base.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kirp|first=David L.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1mWGVhcq3KoC&q=%22kensington%22|title=Just Schools: The Idea of Racial Equality in American Education|date=1983-12-01|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-05084-6|language=en}}</ref>

{{US Census population
|2000= 4936
|2010= 5077
|2020= 5428
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
}}

The [[2020 United States census]] reported that Kensington had a population of 5,428. The population density was {{convert|5,630.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Kensington was 69.1% [[White Americans|White]], 1.9% [[African Americans|African American]], 0.2% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 13.4% [[Asian Americans|Asian]], 0.1% [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]], 1.9% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 13.4% from two or more races. [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] of any race were 7.2% of the population.

The census reported that 99.8% of the population lived in households, 0.2% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and no one was institutionalized.

There were 2,220 households, out of which 27.3% included children under the age of 18, 57.4% were married-couple households, 4.8% were [[cohabitation|cohabiting]] couple households, 25.3% had a female householder with no partner present, and 12.5% had a male householder with no partner present. 24.2% of households were one person, and 15.1% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.44. There were 1,533 [[family (U.S. Census)|families]] (69.1% of all households).

The age distribution was 17.7% under the age of 18, 5.1% aged 18 to 24, 20.3% aged 25 to 44, 28.1% aged 45 to 64, and 28.9% who were 65{{nbsp}}years of age or older. The median age was 50.5{{nbsp}}years. For every 100 females, there were 88.1 males.

There were 2,334 housing units at an average density of {{convert|2,421.2|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}, of which 2,220 (95.1%) were occupied. Of these, 82.4% were owner-occupied, and 17.6% were occupied by renters.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kensington CDP, California; DP1: Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics - 2020 Census of Population and Housing |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALDP2020.DP1?g=1600000US0638086 |website=US Census Bureau |access-date=March 27, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Kensington CDP, California; P16: Household Type - 2020 Census of Population and Housing |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALDHC2020.P16?g=1600000US0638086 |website=US Census Bureau |access-date=March 27, 2025}}</ref>