Kentwood vs Tickfaw

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

Kentwood and Tickfaw 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 862 in Tickfaw). Tickfaw has the higher median household income ($51,528 vs $32,074 in Kentwood). Tickfaw has the higher median home value ($174,600 vs $93,000 in Kentwood).

Population, income & housing

	Kentwood	Tickfaw
Population	2,057	862
Median age	35.5 yrs	31.0 yrs
Median household income	$32,074	$51,528
Median home value	$93,000	$174,600
Median gross rent	$875	$830
Housing units	966	296
Homeownership rate	53.5%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kentwood	Tickfaw
Population	2,112 → 2,057 (-2.6%)	806 → 862 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$29,076 → $32,074 (+10.3%)	$65,288 → $51,528 (-21.1%)
Median home value	$79,800 → $93,000 (+16.5%)	$138,200 → $174,600 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$717 → $875 (+22.0%)	$813 → $830 (+2.1%)

Kentwood

Population

2,1122,057

Median household income

$29,076$32,074

Median home value

$79,800$93,000

Median gross rent

$717$875

Tickfaw

Population

806862

Median household income

$65,288$51,528

Median home value

$138,200$174,600

Median gross rent

$813$830

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kentwood	Tickfaw
Under 5	7.7%	10.8%
5 to 17	20.7%	16.5%
18 to 24	8.8%	12.3%
25 to 34	11.9%	12.3%
35 to 44	16.0%	8.4%
45 to 54	7.3%	12.4%
55 to 64	8.5%	18.8%
65 to 74	12.7%	6.3%
75 and over	6.3%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kentwood	Tickfaw
White (non-Hispanic)	26.5%	58.8%
Black or African American	66.9%	21.9%
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%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	17.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kentwood	Tickfaw
No high school diploma	27.0%	23.4%
High school graduate	38.1%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.7%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kentwood	Tickfaw
Drove alone	62.3%	88.4%
Carpooled	28.5%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.9%
Other means	7.1%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kentwood	Tickfaw
1-unit, detached	75.8%	64.9%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	18.6%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.2%	16.6%

Poverty & households

	Kentwood	Tickfaw
Poverty rate	36.2%	22.6%
Average household size	2.80	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1970	1982