Kent

Population & Demographics

Kent, WA

Kent is home to 135,603 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 63,745 resident workers commute each day.

WashingtonCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
135,603
people
Population

135,603 residents

Median age 35.5 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Kent population & demographics

Who lives in Kent — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
135,603
Median age
35.5yrs
Median household income
$92,302
Median home value
$587,800
Median gross rent
$1,909/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
29.8%
Poverty rate
10.8%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Kent

How Kent breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White37.0%
Asian23.0%
Hispanic or Latino16.6%
Black12.7%
Two or more races7.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander3.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.3%
Some other race0.2%

Race across Kent

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Kent.

Kent at a glance
Employed Residents
63,745
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
14.7mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
14.7%
Share working within the area
Work from home
13.7%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Seattle
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Kent proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Kent commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

42 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Kent

63,745 commutes, one dot at a time

Kent

Where 63,745 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Kent, by worker count.

1Seattle17.3 mi14,079
2Kent0.0 mi9,371
3Renton6.7 mi5,324
4Bellevue14.7 mi3,448
5SeaTac5.1 mi3,333
6Tukwila6.8 mi3,115
7Auburn5.9 mi2,899
8Tacoma15.2 mi2,044

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Kent.

1Kent0.0 mi9,371
2Seattle17.3 mi6,589
3Auburn5.9 mi4,052
4Tacoma15.2 mi3,809
5Federal Way7.6 mi3,328
6Renton6.7 mi3,115
7South Hill18.9 mi1,435
8Bellevue14.7 mi1,430

Top industries

The sectors that employ Kent’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
MFManufacturing20.4%
WSWholesale Trade13.0%
COConstruction10.0%
TRTransportation and Warehousing9.4%
RTRetail Trade7.7%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance7.5%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services6.9%
EDEducational Services5.3%
AFAccommodation and Food Services4.5%
Connectivity

Internet options for Kent

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

7 providers · 3 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps1%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Kent

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).