Amite City vs Kentwood

A side-by-side comparison of Amite City and Kentwood: population, income, housing, and more.

Amite City and Kentwood are places in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Amite City has the higher population (4,036 vs 2,057 in Kentwood). Amite City has the higher median household income ($45,850 vs $32,074 in Kentwood). Amite City has the higher median home value ($116,900 vs $93,000 in Kentwood).

Population, income & housing

	Amite City	Kentwood
Population	4,036	2,057
Median age	39.5 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$45,850	$32,074
Median home value	$116,900	$93,000
Median gross rent	$908	$875
Housing units	1,967	966
Homeownership rate	48.5%	53.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	10.5%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amite City	Kentwood
Population	4,401 → 4,036 (-8.3%)	2,112 → 2,057 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$48,140 → $45,850 (-4.8%)	$29,076 → $32,074 (+10.3%)
Median home value	$157,900 → $116,900 (-26.0%)	$79,800 → $93,000 (+16.5%)
Median gross rent	$803 → $908 (+13.1%)	$717 → $875 (+22.0%)

Amite City

Population

4,4014,036

Median household income

$48,140$45,850

Median home value

$157,900$116,900

Median gross rent

$803$908

Kentwood

Population

2,1122,057

Median household income

$29,076$32,074

Median home value

$79,800$93,000

Median gross rent

$717$875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amite City	Kentwood
Under 5	2.1%	7.7%
5 to 17	18.9%	20.7%
18 to 24	4.7%	8.8%
25 to 34	11.1%	11.9%
35 to 44	21.4%	16.0%
45 to 54	11.7%	7.3%
55 to 64	9.1%	8.5%
65 to 74	12.1%	12.7%
75 and over	8.9%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amite City	Kentwood
White (non-Hispanic)	31.7%	26.5%
Black or African American	61.3%	66.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amite City	Kentwood
No high school diploma	15.8%	27.0%
High school graduate	35.2%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	3.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amite City	Kentwood
Drove alone	73.6%	62.3%
Carpooled	16.1%	28.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	0.0%
Other means	1.7%	7.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amite City	Kentwood
1-unit, detached	73.1%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.4%	22.2%

Poverty & households

	Amite City	Kentwood
Poverty rate	10.4%	36.2%
Average household size	2.43	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1973	1970