City safety & data profile

KentWA

Kent, WA is a 127K-resident city in King County with a median household income of $92,302.

King County, Washington. 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 95% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $587,800.

Data updated 2026-09-03

127K
Population (place)
Top 5%
By size
$92,302
Median income (place)
$587,800
Median home (place)
10.8%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Kent

Kent posts a median household income higher than 63% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Top 37%
by median income, US cities

Where Kent income ranks nationally

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

$92,302 Top 37% higher than 63% 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 WA

Population among 109 WA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Seattle is the largest WA city on this list; Sammamish leads median income.

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

Highest median incomes in WA

Median household income among the same 109-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Sammamish posts the highest place-level median income in WA; Seattle 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, WA beyond the headline numbers

Kent sits inside King County, Washington, at roughly 47.38°N, -122.23°W. Population 126,952, $92,302 median household income. Median home value $587,800, median rent $1,909. Poverty rate 10.8%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

At 10.8%, poverty in Kent, WA runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

The median home in Kent costs around 6.4 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

13.7% of Kent workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, obesity departs furthest from its peer median: 25.7% in Kent, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

4.3% of Kent workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters 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)
126,952
Kent · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$92,302
+3% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$587,800
+42% vs avg
Median Age (place)
35.5
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (King 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
2.3M+16%
Median Income
$124,746+74%
Median Home Value
$859,900+128%
Poverty Rate
8.6%-25%
Unemployment
4.8%-38%

Economics

Economics indicators for Kent, WA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,909/mo
Poverty Rate
10.8% -13% vs avg
Unemployment 7%
Bachelor's Degree+ 29.8%
Work From Home 13.7%
Public Transit 4.3%

Population

White 38.1%
African American 13.1%
Asian 23.1%
Two or More Ethnicities 9.1%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
33.4%
High Blood Pressure
29.4%
Obesity
25.7%
Physical Inactivity
19.1%
Frequent Mental Distress
17.2%
Binge Drinking
15.7%
Frequent Physical Distress
12.2%
Lack of Health Insurance
10.6%
Current Asthma
10.5%
Current Smoking
10.3%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 62.3%
Annual Checkup 69.1%

Other Measures

Diabetes
9.3%
Coronary Heart Disease
4.7%
Stroke
2.9%

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.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet WA-KENT-WA · Kent

Kent: 216 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-HEAVY 216 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 216 tagged notices on record for Kent.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Somerset, NJ (36 tagged · Δ180)

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

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (216 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, WA? ▼
Kent, WA has a population of 126,952 people, located in King County, Washington.
What is the median household income in Kent? ▼
The median household income in Kent, WA is $92,302 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 10.8%.
What is the median home value in Kent? ▼
The median home value in Kent, WA is $587,800. Median rent is $1,909/month.
What are the top health concerns in Kent? ▼
The top health indicators in Kent include Short Sleep Duration (33.4%), High Blood Pressure (29.4%), Obesity (25.7%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Kent? ▼
The median age in Kent, WA is 35.5 years. 29.8% 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 Washington so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside WA (10.8% here).

Santa Ana, CA 10.8% Irvine, CA 10.8% Cedar Rapids, IA 10.8% Burnsville, MN 10.8%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside WA ($92,302 here).

Saco, ME $92,241 Paso Robles, CA $92,228 Port Chester, NY $92,222 West Valley City, UT $92,209

Compare Kent with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Lakeland North, WA 13K East Hill-Meridian, WA 30K Auburn, WA 77K Lea Hill, WA 13K SeaTac, WA 28K Des Moines, WA 31K Tukwila, WA 20K Federal Way, WA 95K
All cities in Washington → Compare Kent vs Lakeland North → All comparisons → Browse all cities

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 Washington peers on any ranking lens. Explore Washington

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 (King 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.