Kentwood vs Tangipahoa

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

Kentwood and Tangipahoa 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 495 in Tangipahoa). Kentwood has the higher median household income ($32,074 vs $18,750 in Tangipahoa). Since 2019, Kentwood's population has grown faster (-2.6% vs -22.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Kentwood	Tangipahoa
Population	2,057	495
Median age	35.5 yrs	24.4 yrs
Median household income	$32,074	$18,750
Median home value	$93,000	—
Median gross rent	$875	$732
Housing units	966	224
Homeownership rate	53.5%	59.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	17.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kentwood	Tangipahoa
Population	2,112 → 2,057 (-2.6%)	635 → 495 (-22.0%)
Median household income	$29,076 → $32,074 (+10.3%)	$34,000 → $18,750 (-44.9%)
Median home value	$79,800 → $93,000 (+16.5%)	$33,900 → $24,000 (-29.2%)
Median gross rent	$717 → $875 (+22.0%)	$658 → $732 (+11.2%)

Kentwood

Population

2,1122,057

Median household income

$29,076$32,074

Median home value

$79,800$93,000

Median gross rent

$717$875

Tangipahoa

Population

635495

Median household income

$34,000$18,750

Median home value

$33,900$24,000

Median gross rent

$658$732

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kentwood	Tangipahoa
Under 5	7.7%	10.1%
5 to 17	20.7%	29.1%
18 to 24	8.8%	13.3%
25 to 34	11.9%	7.1%
35 to 44	16.0%	18.8%
45 to 54	7.3%	7.5%
55 to 64	8.5%	7.1%
65 to 74	12.7%	3.4%
75 and over	6.3%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kentwood	Tangipahoa
White (non-Hispanic)	26.5%	3.8%
Black or African American	66.9%	92.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kentwood	Tangipahoa
No high school diploma	27.0%	32.3%
High school graduate	38.1%	46.0%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	13.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.7%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kentwood	Tangipahoa
Drove alone	62.3%	67.2%
Carpooled	28.5%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	7.1%	17.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kentwood	Tangipahoa
1-unit, detached	75.8%	33.9%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.2%	57.6%

Poverty & households

	Kentwood	Tangipahoa
Poverty rate	36.2%	64.2%
Average household size	2.80	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1970	1977