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Kent, OH

27,116 Population
9.5 square miles 2,857.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

23.8 ±0.8 Median age
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the Akron, OH Metro Area: 41 ±0.3
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Ohio: 39.7 ±0.2
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,098 ±$1,972 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Akron, OH Metro Area: $42,464 ±$752
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Ohio: $40,552 ±$167
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$42,964 ±$4,620 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Akron, OH Metro Area: $72,371 ±$1,076
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Ohio: $71,389 ±$321
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

27.1% ±3.8% (5,845  ±820) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Akron, OH Metro Area: 12.6% 85,884 (±0.6% / ±3,970)
  • about double the rate in Ohio: 13.3% 1,529,692 (±0.2% / ±18,999)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.8 minutes ±1.9 (224,995  ±27,081) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Akron, OH Metro Area: 23.5 6,914,520 (±0.3 / ±120,499)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ohio: 23.4 114,422,230 (±0.1 / ±513,925)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

10,069 ±543 Number of households
  • the Akron, OH Metro Area: 296,516 ±1,389
  • Ohio: 4,863,191 ±8,557
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (21,589  ±320) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Akron, OH Metro Area: 2.3 683,869 (±0 / ±368)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,519,651
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.5% ±1% (156  ±104) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Akron, OH Metro Area: 4.5% 7,223 (±0.4% / ±666)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Ohio: 5.4% 144,308 (±0.1% / ±3,283)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

12,537 ±501 Number of housing units
  • the Akron, OH Metro Area: 319,249 ±197
  • Ohio: 5,292,391 ±464
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$219,900 ±$18,932 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Akron, OH Metro Area: $213,000 ±$2,443
  • about the same as the amount in Ohio: $214,800 ±$742
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

29.4% ±3.4% (7,943  ±915.6) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Akron, OH Metro Area: 11.6% 80,220 (±0.5% / ±3,247.3)
  • more than double the rate in Ohio: 12% 1,396,093 (±0.1% / ±15,825.1)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.8% ±6.2% (12,010  ±978.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Akron, OH Metro Area: 92.8% 456,642 (±1% / ±5,072.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Ohio: 91.8% 7,495,699 (±0.3% / ±21,141.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
47.1% ±5.2% (5,970  ±714.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Akron, OH Metro Area: 35.1% 172,473 (±0.6% / ±2,993.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Ohio: 31.5% 2,570,052 (±0.2% / ±13,133.4)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

6.7% ±2.2% (1,820  ±599) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Akron, OH Metro Area: 5.5% 38,209
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Ohio: 5.2% 616,102
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.8% ±1.2% (892  ±276) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Akron, OH Metro Area: 6.1% 34,110 (±0.2% / ±1,151)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ohio: 6.6% 605,840 (±0.1% / ±5,765)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
892 Total veterans ±276 833 Male ±269 59 Female ±50

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