Kentwood is a medium-sized city located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 45,239 people and six constituent neighborhoods, Kentwood is the 34th largest community in Michigan.

Unlike some cities, Kentwood isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Kentwood are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Kentwood is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Kentwood who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.59%), sales jobs (13.32%), and management occupations (8.61%).

Also of interest is that Kentwood has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 19.23 minutes getting to work every day.

One notable thing about Kentwood is that if you need to go anywhere, you're going to have to drive. This is because Kentwood is primarily built for cars, and if you drive around you will notice that there are lots of shopping centers, parking lots, strip malls, and wide streets. Commuting to work is done by car: 98.2% of people use private automobiles to get to and from work. Sidewalks? Not so much. In fact, trying to walk in certain parts of town may be a dangerous enterprise.

Kentwood Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Kentwood is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 31.46% of adults in Kentwood have a college degree.

The per capita income in Kentwood in 2000 was $22,463, which is upper middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $89,852 for a family of four.

Kentwood is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Kentwood home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Kentwood is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Kentwood include Dutch, German, English, Irish, Polish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Kentwood is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.