Kent vs Seattle

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

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

Seattle has the higher population (741,440 vs 135,015 in Kent). Seattle has the higher median household income ($121,984 vs $90,416 in Kent). Seattle has the higher median home value ($912,100 vs $537,500 in Kent).

Population, income & housing

	Kent	Seattle
Population	135,015	741,440
Median age	35.3 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$90,416	$121,984
Median home value	$537,500	$912,100
Median gross rent	$1,833	$1,998
Housing units	48,933	382,933
Homeownership rate	56.9%	44.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.4%	67.5%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kent	Seattle
Population	131,118 → 135,015 (+3.0%)	724,305 → 741,440 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$72,062 → $90,416 (+25.5%)	$92,263 → $121,984 (+32.2%)
Median home value	$346,400 → $537,500 (+55.2%)	$663,100 → $912,100 (+37.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,385 → $1,833 (+32.3%)	$1,614 → $1,998 (+23.8%)

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

Seattle

Population

724,305741,440

Median household income

$92,263$121,984

Median home value

$663,100$912,100

Median gross rent

$1,614$1,998

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kent	Seattle
Under 5	6.1%	4.2%
5 to 17	17.9%	9.8%
18 to 24	8.9%	10.1%
25 to 34	16.6%	24.9%
35 to 44	14.5%	16.3%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.2%
55 to 64	12.7%	9.8%
65 to 74	6.9%	7.7%
75 and over	4.4%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kent	Seattle
White (non-Hispanic)	37.6%	59.9%
Black or African American	13.0%	6.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.3%
Asian	22.2%	17.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.6%	0.3%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	7.0%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	16.9%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kent	Seattle
No high school diploma	13.1%	4.3%
High school graduate	24.9%	9.5%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	18.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	37.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	30.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kent	Seattle
Drove alone	69.8%	37.6%
Carpooled	11.1%	5.1%
Public transit	5.1%	13.9%
Walked	1.4%	8.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	2.5%
Worked from home	11.5%	31.3%
Other means	1.1%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kent	Seattle
1-unit, detached	51.3%	37.9%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	20.7%	12.4%
20 or more units	12.8%	38.1%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Kent	Seattle
Poverty rate	10.6%	9.9%
Average household size	2.85	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1985	1974