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Kentwood Public Schools, MI

67,458 Population
24.2 square miles 2,785.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.6 ±2.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Kent County: 36.5 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 40.5 ±0.2

Economics

$36,697 ±$3,209 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kent County: $42,410 ±$1,653
  • a little less than the amount in Michigan: $38,952 ±$306
$74,472 ±$7,839 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kent County: $79,756 ±$2,866
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $69,183 ±$694

7.9% ±3.4% (5,305  ±2,279) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kent County: 10.3% † 67,004 (±1.1% / ±7,286)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 13.5% 1,326,740 (±0.3% / ±27,989)

20.3 minutes ±0.5 (640,430  ±35,056) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in Kent County: 21.2 6,236,100 (±0.3 / ±113,675)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

27,414 ±2,197 Number of households
  • Kent County: 257,898 ±2,838
  • Michigan: 4,107,809 ±11,889
2.4 ±0.2 (66,694  ±4,033) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Kent County: 2.5 649,746 (±0 / ±645)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,821,269

3% ±1.8% (562  ±354) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kent County: 4.7% † 7,695 (±1.1% / ±1,823)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 4.8% 108,698 (±0.3% / ±5,883)

Housing

28,967 ±2,194 Number of housing units
  • Kent County: 271,006 ±270
  • Michigan: 4,642,957 ±1,572

$285,900 ±$14,402 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Kent County: $297,400 ±$5,473
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $236,100 ±$1,315

16.7% ±5.1% (11,146  ±3,498.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kent County: 12.6% † 82,066 (±1.4% / ±8,933.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 11% 1,091,018 (±0.3% / ±24,644.9)

Social

88.9% ±4.2% (42,263  ±3,526.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Kent County: 92% 410,483 (±2.3% / ±10,190.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 92% 6,449,479 (±0.5% / ±37,332.5)
32.1% ±3.5% (15,267  ±1,947.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kent County: 42% 187,524 (±1.5% / ±6,495.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 32.7% 2,289,862 (±0.3% / ±21,961.1)

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

18.3% ±4.1% (12,332  ±2,854) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in Kent County: 8.9% 58,906
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 7.4% 737,552

4.2% ±1.1% (2,227  ±592) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Kent County: 4.3% 21,995 (±0.4% / ±2,068)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 5.6% 441,439 (±0.1% / ±9,758)
2,227 Total veterans ±592 1,891 Male ±519 336 Female ±286

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