Kentwood vs Roseland

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

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

Kentwood has the higher population (2,057 vs 1,125 in Roseland). Roseland has the higher median household income ($46,003 vs $32,074 in Kentwood). Roseland has the higher median home value ($110,900 vs $93,000 in Kentwood).

Population, income & housing

	Kentwood	Roseland
Population	2,057	1,125
Median age	35.5 yrs	31.5 yrs
Median household income	$32,074	$46,003
Median home value	$93,000	$110,900
Median gross rent	$875	$819
Housing units	966	501
Homeownership rate	53.5%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	5.7%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kentwood	Roseland
Population	2,112 → 2,057 (-2.6%)	1,099 → 1,125 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$29,076 → $32,074 (+10.3%)	$24,400 → $46,003 (+88.5%)
Median home value	$79,800 → $93,000 (+16.5%)	$66,500 → $110,900 (+66.8%)
Median gross rent	$717 → $875 (+22.0%)	$725 → $819 (+13.0%)

Kentwood

Population

2,1122,057

Median household income

$29,076$32,074

Median home value

$79,800$93,000

Median gross rent

$717$875

Roseland

Population

1,0991,125

Median household income

$24,400$46,003

Median home value

$66,500$110,900

Median gross rent

$725$819

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kentwood	Roseland
Under 5	7.7%	21.0%
5 to 17	20.7%	14.7%
18 to 24	8.8%	4.8%
25 to 34	11.9%	12.1%
35 to 44	16.0%	6.6%
45 to 54	7.3%	3.6%
55 to 64	8.5%	22.0%
65 to 74	12.7%	7.3%
75 and over	6.3%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kentwood	Roseland
White (non-Hispanic)	26.5%	44.4%
Black or African American	66.9%	53.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kentwood	Roseland
No high school diploma	27.0%	11.0%
High school graduate	38.1%	63.1%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	3.7%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	0.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kentwood	Roseland
Drove alone	62.3%	90.2%
Carpooled	28.5%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.3%
Other means	7.1%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kentwood	Roseland
1-unit, detached	75.8%	69.7%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.2%	23.6%

Poverty & households

	Kentwood	Roseland
Poverty rate	36.2%	53.5%
Average household size	2.80	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	27	34
Median year structure built	1970	1983