City safety & data profile

KentOH

Kent, OH is a 30K-resident city in Portage County with a median household income of $42,964.

Portage County, Ohio. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Kent, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Kent has a population larger than 63% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $219,900.

Data updated 2026-09-04

30K
Population (place)
Top 37%
By size
$42,964
Median income (place)
$219,900
Median home (place)
27.1%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Kent

Kent posts a median household income higher than 3% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Bottom 4%
by median income, US cities

Where Kent income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$42,964 Bottom 3% higher than 3% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Kent $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in OH

Population among 185 OH places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Columbus is the largest OH city on this list; Powell leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in OH

Median household income among the same 185-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Powell posts the highest place-level median income in OH; Columbus is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Kent, OH beyond the headline numbers

Kent sits inside Portage County, Ohio, at roughly 41.15°N, -81.36°W. Population 29,810, $42,964 median household income. Median home value $219,900, median rent $991. Poverty rate 27.1%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

27.1% of Kent, OH residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

A median home in Kent runs about 5.1 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

16% of Kent workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, frequent mental distress departs furthest from its peer median: 23.9% in Kent, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Kent's median age is 23.8 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Kent from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
29,810
Kent · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$42,964
-52% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$219,900
-47% vs avg
Median Age (place)
23.8
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Portage County): Kent's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
162K-1%
Median Income
$75,766+44%
Median Home Value
$227,000+51%
Poverty Rate
11.7%-27%
Unemployment
5.3%-52%

Economics

Economics indicators for Kent, OH
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$991/mo
Poverty Rate
27.1% +119% vs avg
Unemployment 11.2%
Bachelor's Degree+ 47.1%
Work From Home 16%
Public Transit 0.9%

Population

White 81.9%
African American 8.5%
Asian 3.6%
Two or More Ethnicities 3.5%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
41%
Obesity
33%
High Blood Pressure
26.7%
Physical Inactivity
26.2%
Frequent Mental Distress
23.9%
Binge Drinking
17.1%
Current Smoking
14%
Frequent Physical Distress
12.7%
Current Asthma
12.3%
Lack of Health Insurance
8.5%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 55.4%
Annual Checkup 75.7%

Other Measures

Diabetes
8.4%
Coronary Heart Disease
4.6%
Stroke
2.4%

What alerts and safety updates affect Kent?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Kent right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet OH-KENT-OH · Kent

Kent: 218 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-HEAVY 218 on record
  • WX-LED 81% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA · CPSC/FDA/NHTSA · EPA
  • NEAR-PEER 36 · Somerset

Tagged alert mix: Kent

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 218 tagged notices on record for Kent.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Somerset, NJ (36 tagged · Δ182)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Kent; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Ohio state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (218 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Somerset, NJ 36 alerts El Paso, TX 16 alerts Phoenix, AZ 15 alerts California, MD 15 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Kent, OH? ▼
Kent, OH has a population of 29,810 people, located in Portage County, Ohio.
What is the median household income in Kent? ▼
The median household income in Kent, OH is $42,964 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 27.1%.
What is the median home value in Kent? ▼
The median home value in Kent, OH is $219,900. Median rent is $991/month.
What are the top health concerns in Kent? ▼
The top health indicators in Kent include Short Sleep Duration (41%), Obesity (33%), High Blood Pressure (26.7%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Kent? ▼
The median age in Kent, OH is 23.8 years. 47.1% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Kent, both outside Ohio so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside OH (27.1% here).

Parlier, CA 27.1% McComb, MS 27.1% Jacinto City, TX 27.1% Bridgeton, NJ 27.2%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside OH ($42,964 here).

Dublin, GA $42,988 Reidsville, NC $42,921 Lumberton, NC $42,877 Glasgow, KY $43,074

Compare Kent with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Stow, OH 35K Streetsboro, OH 16K Tallmadge, OH 18K Ravenna, OH 12K Hudson, OH 22K Cuyahoga Falls, OH 49K Aurora, OH 16K Akron, OH 198K
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Using Kent's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Kent area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Kent against Ohio peers on any ranking lens. Explore Ohio

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Portage County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.