Kentwood is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 53,987 people and 13 associated neighborhoods, Kentwood is the 27th largest community in Michigan.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Kentwood is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Kentwood is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Kentwood who work in office and administrative support (12.14%), management occupations (9.37%), and sales jobs (7.05%). Also of interest is that Kentwood has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Kentwood telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.95% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The education level of Kentwood citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 35.15% of adults in Kentwood have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Kentwood in 2022 was $35,843, which is upper middle income relative to Michigan, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $143,372 for a family of four. However, Kentwood contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Kentwood is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. 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 White, followed by Black or African-American. Kentwood also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.05% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Kentwood include German, Dutch, English, Irish, and Polish. In addition, Kentwood has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (18.32%). The most common language spoken in Kentwood is English. Other important languages spoken here include Serbo-Croatian and Spanish.
