Cedar Springs vs Kent City

A side-by-side comparison of Cedar Springs and Kent City: population, income, housing, and more.

Cedar Springs and Kent City are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cedar Springs has the higher population (3,661 vs 1,218 in Kent City). Kent City has the higher median household income ($74,375 vs $56,711 in Cedar Springs). Cedar Springs has the higher median home value ($203,400 vs $134,100 in Kent City).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Springs	Kent City
Population	3,661	1,218
Median age	39.3 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$56,711	$74,375
Median home value	$203,400	$134,100
Median gross rent	$1,096	$325
Housing units	1,529	457
Homeownership rate	60.1%	88.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	11.1%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Springs	Kent City
Population	3,666 → 3,661 (-0.1%)	1,083 → 1,218 (+12.5%)
Median household income	$48,898 → $56,711 (+16.0%)	$42,132 → $74,375 (+76.5%)
Median home value	$119,200 → $203,400 (+70.6%)	$104,700 → $134,100 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$800 → $1,096 (+37.0%)	$585 → $325 (-44.4%)

Cedar Springs

Population

3,6663,661

Median household income

$48,898$56,711

Median home value

$119,200$203,400

Median gross rent

$800$1,096

Kent City

Population

1,0831,218

Median household income

$42,132$74,375

Median home value

$104,700$134,100

Median gross rent

$585$325

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cedar Springs	Kent City
Under 5	5.2%	4.9%
5 to 17	18.1%	21.9%
18 to 24	8.0%	8.3%
25 to 34	12.4%	20.1%
35 to 44	13.9%	10.3%
45 to 54	15.5%	9.2%
55 to 64	15.4%	15.8%
65 to 74	4.5%	5.9%
75 and over	6.9%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Springs	Kent City
White (non-Hispanic)	86.1%	71.8%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	25.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Springs	Kent City
No high school diploma	6.7%	18.5%
High school graduate	43.0%	47.8%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Springs	Kent City
Drove alone	75.5%	88.1%
Carpooled	14.5%	8.0%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	2.3%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Springs	Kent City
1-unit, detached	55.4%	59.1%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.4%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	9.2%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	12.3%	27.8%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Springs	Kent City
Poverty rate	25.3%	8.3%
Average household size	2.44	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1980	1978