Kent vs Kirkland

A side-by-side comparison of Kent and Kirkland: population, income, housing, and more.

Kent and Kirkland are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Kent has the higher population (135,015 vs 91,614 in Kirkland). Kirkland has the higher median household income ($143,533 vs $90,416 in Kent). Kirkland has the higher median home value ($1,022,500 vs $537,500 in Kent).

Population, income & housing

	Kent	Kirkland
Population	135,015	91,614
Median age	35.3 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$90,416	$143,533
Median home value	$537,500	$1,022,500
Median gross rent	$1,833	$2,342
Housing units	48,933	40,264
Homeownership rate	56.9%	61.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.4%	64.4%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kent	Kirkland
Population	131,118 → 135,015 (+3.0%)	89,438 → 91,614 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$72,062 → $90,416 (+25.5%)	$117,190 → $143,533 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$346,400 → $537,500 (+55.2%)	$662,300 → $1,022,500 (+54.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,385 → $1,833 (+32.3%)	$1,861 → $2,342 (+25.8%)

Kent

Population

131,118135,015

Median household income

$72,062$90,416

Median home value

$346,400$537,500

Median gross rent

$1,385$1,833

Kirkland

Population

89,43891,614

Median household income

$117,190$143,533

Median home value

$662,300$1,022,500

Median gross rent

$1,861$2,342

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kent	Kirkland
Under 5	6.1%	5.7%
5 to 17	17.9%	14.0%
18 to 24	8.9%	7.1%
25 to 34	16.6%	17.5%
35 to 44	14.5%	16.6%
45 to 54	12.0%	13.2%
55 to 64	12.7%	11.7%
65 to 74	6.9%	9.0%
75 and over	4.4%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kent	Kirkland
White (non-Hispanic)	37.6%	65.2%
Black or African American	13.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.3%
Asian	22.2%	17.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.6%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.9%
Two or more races	7.0%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	16.9%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kent	Kirkland
No high school diploma	13.1%	3.1%
High school graduate	24.9%	10.9%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	38.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	26.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kent	Kirkland
Drove alone	69.8%	55.8%
Carpooled	11.1%	5.6%
Public transit	5.1%	4.6%
Walked	1.4%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.7%
Worked from home	11.5%	29.1%
Other means	1.1%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kent	Kirkland
1-unit, detached	51.3%	54.2%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	20.7%	16.6%
20 or more units	12.8%	19.2%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Kent	Kirkland
Poverty rate	10.6%	6.0%
Average household size	2.85	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	30	24
Median year structure built	1985	1983