With 57,206 people, Kettering is a city in Ohio. There are 3,057 people per square mile. The typical home is worth $208,500, having more than doubled since 2000. The foreign-born share is 5%. About 42% of adults have finished a four-year degree. The average commute runs 20 minutes.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $74,681, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 38.5
US median: 38.9
More educated
42% 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 Kettering
What changed most since 1990
Median home value (2024 dollars)$183,845 → $208,500(+13%)US over the same years: +67%
Hispanic share0.6% → 3.7%(+3.0 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
Black share0.7% → 6.0%(+5.2 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Kettering's population equals 11% of Montgomery County's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 5.9% of the county's. Its number of households without a car equals 8.0% 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)27.1%(1,071)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)19.5%(769)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era29.8%(1,177)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War4.2%(167)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.5%(20)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 3,947 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
Kettering, decade by decade
Kettering 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
60,569
$82,817
$183,845
28.6%
6.7
2000
57,502
$82,067
$201,293
31.0%
13.3
2010
56,163
$70,788
$194,495
31.8%
20.9
2020
57,862
$75,115
$172,958
38.6%
37.0
2024
57,206
$74,681
$208,500
41.7%
37.6
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.
