Hammond vs Kentwood

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

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

Hammond has the higher population (20,790 vs 2,057 in Kentwood). Hammond has the higher median household income ($41,222 vs $32,074 in Kentwood). Hammond has the higher median home value ($219,400 vs $93,000 in Kentwood).

Population, income & housing

	Hammond	Kentwood
Population	20,790	2,057
Median age	26.4 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$41,222	$32,074
Median home value	$219,400	$93,000
Median gross rent	$932	$875
Housing units	8,703	966
Homeownership rate	48.0%	53.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.6%	10.5%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hammond	Kentwood
Population	20,668 → 20,790 (+0.6%)	2,112 → 2,057 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$36,921 → $41,222 (+11.6%)	$29,076 → $32,074 (+10.3%)
Median home value	$159,300 → $219,400 (+37.7%)	$79,800 → $93,000 (+16.5%)
Median gross rent	$796 → $932 (+17.1%)	$717 → $875 (+22.0%)

Hammond

Population

20,66820,790

Median household income

$36,921$41,222

Median home value

$159,300$219,400

Median gross rent

$796$932

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)

	Hammond	Kentwood
Under 5	7.5%	7.7%
5 to 17	15.3%	20.7%
18 to 24	24.4%	8.8%
25 to 34	14.0%	11.9%
35 to 44	11.9%	16.0%
45 to 54	6.3%	7.3%
55 to 64	8.4%	8.5%
65 to 74	7.3%	12.7%
75 and over	4.9%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hammond	Kentwood
White (non-Hispanic)	49.8%	26.5%
Black or African American	44.1%	66.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hammond	Kentwood
No high school diploma	14.1%	27.0%
High school graduate	24.3%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	3.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hammond	Kentwood
Drove alone	77.4%	62.3%
Carpooled	10.9%	28.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.1%	7.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hammond	Kentwood
1-unit, detached	58.3%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	15.3%	1.3%
20 or more units	5.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	22.2%

Poverty & households

	Hammond	Kentwood
Poverty rate	34.9%	36.2%
Average household size	2.58	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1981	1970