With 27,116 people, Kent is a city in Ohio. The median age is 23.8, younger than the US median of 38.9. Owners hold 41% of the housing stock. People stay put here: 71% were in the same home a year ago. 27.1% of locals live below the federal poverty line. Households here earn about 40% less than in Ohio as a whole.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $42,964, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 23.8
US median: 38.9
More educated
47% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Kent
What changed most since 1990
White share89.6% → 81.0%(−8.6 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Median home value (2024 dollars)$162,965 → $219,900(+35%)US over the same years: +67%
Median household income (2024 dollars)$51,513 → $42,964(−17%)US over the same years: +14%
Kent's population equals 17% of Portage County's. Its number of households without a car equals 38% of the county's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 39% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)30.5%(272)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)10.9%(97)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era33.3%(297)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War1.5%(13)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 892 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Kent, decade by decade
Kent population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
28,835
$51,513
$162,965
33.6%
23.9
2000
27,906
$53,888
$205,301
37.0%
32.9
2010
28,904
$38,404
$208,737
41.9%
40.3
2020
28,215
$44,614
$187,139
44.5%
50.3
2024
27,116
$42,964
$219,900
47.1%
41.6
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
