Kenton Vale consists of only one subdivision and a cemetery branching off Madison Pike (Kentucky Route 17).

Incorporated by the state legislature in 1949,[3] the city was primarily created to keep Covington from annexing homes in the area.

[4] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2), all land.

17.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

About 1.9% of families and 3.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.5% of those under the age of eighteen and none of those 65 or over.