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Kent City, MI

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Overview


Kent City is a very small village located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 1,365 people and just one neighborhood, Kent City is the 442nd largest community in Michigan.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Kent City is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 40.43% of the Kent City workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Kent City is a village of sales and office workers, transportation and shipping workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Kent City who work in sales jobs (16.55%), food service (7.46%), and office and administrative support (6.78%).

Setting & Lifestyle

As is often the case in a small village, Kent City doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The rate of college-level education in Kent City is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.64% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.

The per capita income in Kent City in 2018 was $24,770, which is lower middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $99,080 for a family of four. However, Kent City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Kent City is a very ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Kent City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kent City residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Kent City also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 22.55% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Kent City include German, English, Dutch, Irish, and Polish.

In addition, Kent City has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (19.94%).

The most common language spoken in Kent City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

Occupations

It used to be that most Americans lived on the farm, or otherwise made their living from the land, the forests, or the sea. With global trade and an economy increasingly based on providing services to one another, fewer people farm, fish or harvest timber now than at any time in American history. But according to NeighborhoodScout's leading analysis, the neighborhood stands apart from most American neighborhood due to the proportion of its residents still working in these fields. With 7.2% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 98.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Dutch ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 16.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 1.1% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Greek at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.2% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Kent City are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 46.4% of the neighborhoods in America. With 10.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 50.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the neighborhood, 35.8% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 23.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.3%), and 11.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 87.4% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Kent City, MI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (18.5%). There are also a number of people of Dutch ancestry (16.6%), and residents who report Mexican roots (10.0%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (9.8%), along with some English ancestry residents (9.1%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (33.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (82.5%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (5.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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