Kentwood vs Wyoming

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

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

Wyoming has the higher population (76,865 vs 54,114 in Kentwood). Kentwood has the higher median household income ($73,647 vs $72,163 in Wyoming). Kentwood has the higher median home value ($249,000 vs $203,900 in Wyoming).

Population, income & housing

	Kentwood	Wyoming
Population	54,114	76,865
Median age	34.7 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$73,647	$72,163
Median home value	$249,000	$203,900
Median gross rent	$1,205	$1,141
Housing units	22,450	30,290
Homeownership rate	60.4%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.1%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kentwood	Wyoming
Population	51,693 → 54,114 (+4.7%)	75,702 → 76,865 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$54,197 → $73,647 (+35.9%)	$54,328 → $72,163 (+32.8%)
Median home value	$158,700 → $249,000 (+56.9%)	$127,700 → $203,900 (+59.7%)
Median gross rent	$899 → $1,205 (+34.0%)	$871 → $1,141 (+31.0%)

Kentwood

Population

51,69354,114

Median household income

$54,197$73,647

Median home value

$158,700$249,000

Median gross rent

$899$1,205

Wyoming

Population

75,70276,865

Median household income

$54,328$72,163

Median home value

$127,700$203,900

Median gross rent

$871$1,141

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kentwood	Wyoming
Under 5	6.6%	5.9%
5 to 17	17.9%	17.7%
18 to 24	8.3%	10.1%
25 to 34	17.6%	18.2%
35 to 44	13.1%	13.3%
45 to 54	10.9%	11.8%
55 to 64	11.1%	11.5%
65 to 74	8.5%	7.1%
75 and over	5.9%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kentwood	Wyoming
White (non-Hispanic)	54.6%	58.6%
Black or African American	19.3%	9.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	9.8%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.8%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.1%	25.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kentwood	Wyoming
No high school diploma	10.4%	12.0%
High school graduate	24.9%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kentwood	Wyoming
Drove alone	79.0%	74.8%
Carpooled	7.0%	11.9%
Public transit	1.3%	2.3%
Walked	0.4%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.6%
Worked from home	10.9%	8.8%
Other means	1.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kentwood	Wyoming
1-unit, detached	49.8%	66.3%
1-unit, attached	11.3%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	21.3%	13.6%
20 or more units	8.5%	8.9%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Kentwood	Wyoming
Poverty rate	9.4%	10.9%
Average household size	2.48	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1983	1969