Kentwood is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 53,987 people and 13 associated neighborhoods, Kentwood is the 27th largest community in Michigan.

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.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.95% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

The population of Kentwood is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 35.15% of adults in Kentwood have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Kentwood in 2022 was $35,843, which is upper middle income relative to Michigan, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $143,372 for a family of four. However, Kentwood contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Kentwood is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Kentwood home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kentwood residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Kentwood also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.05% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Kentwood include German, Dutch, English, Irish, and Polish.

In addition, Kentwood has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (18.32%).

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