Kentwood is a very small town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 2,176 people and three associated neighborhoods, Kentwood is the 166th largest community in Louisiana.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Kentwood is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 40.49% of the Kentwood workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Kentwood is a town of sales and office workers, transportation and shipping workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Kentwood who work in sales jobs (18.15%), office and administrative support (11.52%), and teaching (8.20%). The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Kentwood has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Kentwood a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Kentwood is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.In Kentwood, just 10.53% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%. The per capita income in Kentwood in 2022 was $20,315, which is lower middle income relative to Louisiana, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $81,260 for a family of four. However, Kentwood contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Kentwood also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 36.22% of its population below the federal poverty line.Kentwood is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. 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 Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Kentwood include English, German, Italian, Irish, and French. The most common language spoken in Kentwood is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
