The education level of Kentwood citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 35.63% of adults in Kentwood have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Kentwood in 2018 was $31,758, 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 $127,032 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. Important ancestries of people in Kentwood include German, Dutch, English, Irish, and Polish.
Kentwood also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 17.60%.
The most common language spoken in Kentwood is English. Other important languages spoken here include Serbo-Croatian and Spanish.
