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Kent, NY (New York) Houses and Residents

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $350,050 (it was $164,800 in 2000)
Kent:

$350,050
New York:

$400,400
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $276,991 - $460,020

Total population: 13,507 (Urban population: 8,690, Rural population: 5,319 (42 farm, 5,277 nonfarm))

Houses: 5,353 (4,868 occupied: 4,034 owner occupied, 834 renter occupied)

% of renters here:

17%
State:

46%

Housing density: 132 houses/condos per square mile

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022 in this county: $538,616.

Median contract rent in 2022: $1,660 (lower quartile is $1,222, upper quartile is $1,901)


Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $1,292


Median gross rent in Kent, NY in 2022: $1,761

Housing units in Kent with a mortgage: 2,859 (167 second mortgage, 355 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 904

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Kent, New York Age and Sex of Residents

Household type by relationship:

Households: 97,118
  • In family households: 86,182 (19,004 male householders, 7,256 female householders)
    21,650 spouses, 31,544 children (30,091 natural, 616 adopted, 837 stepchildren), 1,205 grandchildren, 762 brothers or sisters, 1,136 parents, foster children, 975 other relatives, 1,732 non-relatives
  • In nonfamily households: 10,936 (4,152 male householders (3,154 living alone)), 4,629 female householders (3,961 living alone)), 2,155 nonrelatives
  • In group quarters: 2,592 (674 institutionalized population)

20,870 married couples with children.
2,877 single-parent households (655 men, 2,222 women).

89.0% of residents of Kent speak English at home.
4.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (76% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
4.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
1.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (83% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (59% speak English very well, 41% speak English well).

Foreign born population: 1,341 (9.3%)
(74.3% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:

6.4
State:

6.3

Median number of rooms in apartments
Here:

4.6
State:

3.8

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Kent, New York
  • Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Kent, New York
  • 5no bedroom
  • 1381 bedroom
  • 9902 bedrooms
  • 1,8513 bedrooms
  • 8374 bedrooms
  • 2135+ bedrooms
Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Kent, New York
  • Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Kent, New York
  • 10no bedroom
  • 2311 bedroom
  • 3562 bedrooms
  • 1853 bedrooms
  • 524 bedrooms
  • 05+ bedrooms
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Cars and other vehicles available in Kent in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Kent in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • 93no vehicle
  • 8451 vehicle
  • 1,7182 vehicles
  • 9723 vehicles
  • 2934 vehicles
  • 1135+ vehicles
Cars and other vehicles available in Kent in renter-occupied apartments
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Kent in renter-occupied apartments
  • 99no vehicle
  • 3211 vehicle
  • 3142 vehicles
  • 603 vehicles
  • 404 vehicles
  • 05+ vehicles
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Kent, New York
  • Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Kent, New York
  • 51 room
  • 112 rooms
  • 1063 rooms
  • 3854 rooms
  • 7165 rooms
  • 1,0026 rooms
  • 8407 rooms
  • 5168 rooms
  • 4539+ rooms
Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Kent, New York
  • Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Kent, New York
  • 01 room
  • 892 rooms
  • 1363 rooms
  • 2054 rooms
  • 1995 rooms
  • 1366 rooms
  • 597 rooms
  • 108 rooms
  • 09+ rooms
Year house built
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
Owners and renters by unit type in Kent, NY
Kent town income, earnings, and wages data

  • Kent, NY household income distribution

  • Distribution of median household income in Kent, NY in 2022
  • 1,220Less than $10,000
  • 1,790$10,000 to $19,999
  • 1,065$20,000 to $29,999
  • 1,591$30,000 to $39,999
  • 2,525$40,000 to $49,999
  • 1,248$50,000 to $59,999
  • 2,032$60,000 to $74,999
  • 4,122$75,000 to $99,999
  • 4,301$100,000 to $124,999
  • 3,186$125,000 to $149,999
  • 5,123$150,000 to $199,999
  • 7,935$200,000 or more
Work and jobs in Kent: detailed stats about occupations, industries, unemployment, workers, commute

Percentage of workers working in this county: 47.5%
Number of people working at home: 1,128 (13.7% of all workers)

Travel time to work (commute)

  • Less than 5 minutes: 143
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 319
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 527
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 737
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 750
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 269
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 650
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 271
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 379
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 1,279
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 1,029
  • 90 or more minutes: 641

Means of transportation to work:

  • Drove a car alone: 5,726 (78.2%)
  • Carpooled: 701 (9.6%)
  • Bus or trolley bus: 70 (1.0%)
  • Subway or elevated: 36 (0.5%)
  • Railroad: 360 (4.9%)
  • Walked: 86 (1.2%)
  • Other means: 15 (0.2%)
  • Worked at home: 330 (4.5%)
Class of Workers in 2000
Races in Kent detailed stats: ancestries, foreign born residents, place of birth
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Kent, New York
  • Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Kent, New York
  • 911995 to March 2000
  • 861990 to 1994
  • 521985 to 1989
  • 1041980 to 1984
  • 581975 to 1979
  • 1311970 to 1974
  • 571965 to 1969
  • 303Before 1965
Ancestries in Kent, NY

First ancestries reported:

  • Irish: 4,733 (26.6%)
  • Italian: 4,386 (24.7%)
  • German: 2,131 (12.0%)
  • Other: 1,873 (10.5%)
  • English: 987 (5.5%)
  • Polish: 594 (3.3%)
  • United States: 547 (3.1%)
  • Russian: 314 (1.8%)
  • French: 309 (1.7%)
  • Scottish: 270 (1.5%)
  • Swedish: 220 (1.2%)
  • Norwegian: 188 (1.1%)
  • Dutch: 138 (0.8%)
  • French Canadian: 135 (0.8%)
  • Czech: 111 (0.6%)
  • Hungarian: 109 (0.6%)
  • Welsh: 106 (0.6%)
  • Slovak: 102 (0.6%)
  • Scotch-Irish: 99 (0.6%)
  • Portuguese: 84 (0.5%)
  • Greek: 77 (0.4%)
  • West Indian: 65 (0.4%)
  • Arab: 55 (0.3%)
  • Danish: 55 (0.3%)
  • Ukrainian: 35 (0.2%)
  • Swiss: 32 (0.2%)
  • Lithuanian: 25 (0.1%)
  • Subsaharan African: 10 (0.06%)

Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):

Italy
Kent:

21.0% (185)
New York:

3.8% (147,729)

Ireland
Kent:

9.8% (86)
New York:

1.1% (41,934)

United Kingdom
Kent:

8.0% (71)
New York:

1.6% (62,237)

China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Kent:

7.9% (70)
New York:

6.0% (233,766)

Germany
Kent:

6.5% (57)
New York:

1.8% (69,327)

Cuba
Kent:

4.3% (38)
New York:

0.9% (36,642)

Guatemala
Kent:

3.4% (30)
New York:

0.9% (33,208)

Austria
Kent:

2.8% (25)
New York:

0.3% (11,299)

Mexico
Kent:

2.8% (25)
New York:

4.2% (161,189)

Other Northern Europe
Kent:

2.7% (24)
New York:

0.2% (7,839)

Jamaica
Kent:

2.6% (23)
New York:

5.9% (226,470)

Ukraine
Kent:

2.6% (23)
New York:

2.1% (82,238)

Sweden
Kent:

2.4% (21)
New York:

0.1% (4,305)

Portugal
Kent:

2.2% (19)
New York:

0.3% (13,508)

Jordan
Kent:

2.2% (19)
New York:

0.1% (4,084)

Bangladesh
Kent:

2.2% (19)
New York:

1.2% (45,277)

India
Kent:

2.0% (18)
New York:

3.0% (117,238)

Russia
Kent:

1.7% (15)
New York:

2.4% (94,595)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 11,289
  • Other state: 1,641
  • Northeast: 1,038
  • Midwest: 198
  • South: 242
  • West: 163

66% of Kent residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 40% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 85% lived in New York.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 22
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 15
  • 5th and 6th grade: 37
  • 7th and 8th grade: 81
  • 9th grade: 49
  • 10th grade: 64
  • 11th grade: 112
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 183
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,308
  • Less than 1 year of college: 340
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 753
  • Associate degree: 378
  • Bachelor's degree: 761
  • Master's degree: 346
  • Professional school degree: 121
  • Doctorate degree: 92
Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 11
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 17
  • 5th and 6th grade: 46
  • 7th and 8th grade: 80
  • 9th grade: 36
  • 10th grade: 119
  • 11th grade: 87
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 154
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,408
  • Less than 1 year of college: 378
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 676
  • Associate degree: 426
  • Bachelor's degree: 791
  • Master's degree: 446
  • Professional school degree: 136
  • Doctorate degree: 48
Educational Attainment for Females
Kent marital status for males
Kent marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 4,716
  • One, attached: 218
  • Two: 229
  • 3 or 4: 72
  • 5 to 9: 38
  • 10 to 19: 9
  • 20 to 49: 53
  • Mobile homes: 18
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0.2%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0.2%
Year householders moved into residence in Kent
Houses and condos Apartments
Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos in Kent, NY
  • 75.9%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
  • 18.3%Electricity
  • 3.5%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 2.0%Wood
  • 0.2%Other fuel
  • 0.1%Coal or coke
Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments in Kent, NY
  • 60.4%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
  • 27.0%Electricity
  • 11.2%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 1.4%Utility gas

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 229
Here:

13.1%
New York:

14.0%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 64
Here:

7.4%
New York:

13.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 155
Here:

32.9%
New York:

38.2%
School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students
School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Noninstitutionalized Residents with Employment Disability
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