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Kent, WA

136,587 Population
33.8 square miles 4,037.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.9 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 37.8 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 38.7 ±0.2

Economics

$44,295 ±$4,543 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $65,496 ±$847
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington: $55,177 ±$479
$92,497 ±$8,900 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $112,388 ±$2,026
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Washington: $99,389 ±$1,322

14.3% ±4.4% (19,277  ±5,943) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 8.8% 359,681 (±0.5% / ±19,274)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Washington: 9.9% 776,683 (±0.3% / ±22,218)

33.5 minutes ±0.6 (1,971,800  ±157,796) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 30 53,404,364 (±0.2 / ±740,838)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 27.2 89,307,904 (±0.2 / ±1,061,767)

Families

46,607 ±2,707 Number of households
  • the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 1,658,652 ±5,856
  • Washington: 3,168,080 ±9,393
2.9 ±0.2 (134,719  ±214) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 2.5 4,072,496 (±0 / ±1,424)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,802,363

6.5% ±2.7% (2,130  ±909) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 4.1% 43,244 (±0.4% / ±3,652)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Washington: 4.7% 89,530 (±0.3% / ±5,962)

Housing

49,952 ±3,019 Number of housing units
  • the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 1,752,673 ±649
  • Washington: 3,400,980 ±404

$632,100 ±$17,890 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $743,000 ±$6,997
  • a little higher than the amount in Washington: $602,200 ±$3,897

15.1% ±4% (20,409  ±5,378.4) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 14.6% 599,093 (±0.5% / ±21,057.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 13.7% 1,081,341 (±0.4% / ±28,883.7)

Social

88.3% ±4.3% (80,945  ±5,080) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 93.2% 2,768,917 (±1% / ±28,168.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Washington: 92.3% 5,196,048 (±0.7% / ±38,059.4)
30.3% ±3.1% (27,798  ±3,000.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 48.5% 1,440,584 (±0.6% / ±19,100.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Washington: 41% 2,309,863 (±0.5% / ±25,188.4)

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

35.9% ±3.6% (49,054  ±4,974) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 22.1% 917,149
  • more than double the rate in Washington: 16.1% 1,280,809

4.5% ±1.1% (4,630  ±1,167) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 6% 195,040 (±0.2% / ±7,103)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Washington: 7.3% 455,376 (±0.2% / ±9,621)
4,630 Total veterans ±1,167 4,035 Male ±1,012 595 Female ±529

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