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Kent town, Putnam County, NY

12,917 Population
40.5 square miles 318.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.8 ±1.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Putnam County: 44.2 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$54,949 ±$4,478 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Putnam County: $54,914 ±$1,650
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$127,566 ±$12,381 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Putnam County: $127,405 ±$4,845
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

7.4% ±2.6% (949  ±327) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Putnam County: 6.5% † 6,331 (±0.7% / ±689)
  • about half the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

40.6 minutes ±1.6 (234,160  ±18,287) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Putnam County: 39.5 1,679,935 (±1.2 / ±75,621)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

4,641 ±269 Number of households
  • Putnam County: 35,054 ±470
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.8 ±0.2 (12,766  ±25) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Putnam County: 2.7 95,321 (±0 / ±44)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

9.3% ±4.3% (277  ±131) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Putnam County: 5% † 1,033 (±1.2% / ±256)
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

5,098 ±314 Number of housing units
  • Putnam County: 38,369 ±81
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$379,500 ±$14,700 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Putnam County: $448,000 ±$7,497
  • a little less than the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

11.5% ±4.4% (1,470  ±562.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Putnam County: 7.7% † 7,475 (±1.1% / ±1,033.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

94.4% ±6% (8,732  ±651.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Putnam County: 93.3% 66,358 (±2.4% / ±1,731.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
43.4% ±4.7% (4,010  ±463.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Putnam County: 43.5% 30,981 (±1.6% / ±1,166.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 39.6% 5,535,503 (±0.2% / ±20,933.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

13.3% ±2.5% (1,720  ±325) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Putnam County: 13.8% 13,527
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

6.2% ±1.8% (622  ±179) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Putnam County: 4.2% † 3,320 (±0.4% / ±348)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
622 Total veterans ±179 598 Male ±168 24 Female ±37

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