Kentwood vs Natalbany

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

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

Natalbany has the higher population (2,837 vs 2,057 in Kentwood). Kentwood has the higher median household income ($32,074 vs $31,430 in Natalbany). Natalbany has the higher median home value ($148,800 vs $93,000 in Kentwood).

Population, income & housing

	Kentwood	Natalbany
Population	2,057	2,837
Median age	35.5 yrs	27.3 yrs
Median household income	$32,074	$31,430
Median home value	$93,000	$148,800
Median gross rent	$875	$1,068
Housing units	966	1,274
Homeownership rate	53.5%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	12.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kentwood	Natalbany
Population	2,112 → 2,057 (-2.6%)	2,908 → 2,837 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$29,076 → $32,074 (+10.3%)	$35,237 → $31,430 (-10.8%)
Median home value	$79,800 → $93,000 (+16.5%)	$114,800 → $148,800 (+29.6%)
Median gross rent	$717 → $875 (+22.0%)	$846 → $1,068 (+26.2%)

Kentwood

Population

2,1122,057

Median household income

$29,076$32,074

Median home value

$79,800$93,000

Median gross rent

$717$875

Natalbany

Population

2,9082,837

Median household income

$35,237$31,430

Median home value

$114,800$148,800

Median gross rent

$846$1,068

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kentwood	Natalbany
Under 5	7.7%	12.4%
5 to 17	20.7%	16.0%
18 to 24	8.8%	16.2%
25 to 34	11.9%	24.1%
35 to 44	16.0%	11.6%
45 to 54	7.3%	4.3%
55 to 64	8.5%	4.2%
65 to 74	12.7%	5.0%
75 and over	6.3%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kentwood	Natalbany
White (non-Hispanic)	26.5%	44.2%
Black or African American	66.9%	48.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kentwood	Natalbany
No high school diploma	27.0%	31.2%
High school graduate	38.1%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	15.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.7%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kentwood	Natalbany
Drove alone	62.3%	70.1%
Carpooled	28.5%	27.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	7.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kentwood	Natalbany
1-unit, detached	75.8%	28.0%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	27.9%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	31.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	22.2%	12.6%

Poverty & households

	Kentwood	Natalbany
Poverty rate	36.2%	46.4%
Average household size	2.80	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1970	2000