Garrett County vs Kent County

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

Garrett County and Kent County are counties in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Garrett County has the higher population (28,713 vs 19,265 in Kent County). Kent County has the higher median household income ($74,402 vs $69,031 in Garrett County). Kent County has the higher median home value ($307,100 vs $217,000 in Garrett County).

Population, income & housing

	Garrett County	Kent County
Population	28,713	19,265
Median age	48.1 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$69,031	$74,402
Median home value	$217,000	$307,100
Median gross rent	$710	$1,144
Housing units	18,567	10,326
Homeownership rate	81.0%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	37.9%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garrett County	Kent County
Population	29,235 → 28,713 (-1.8%)	19,536 → 19,265 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$52,617 → $69,031 (+31.2%)	$58,598 → $74,402 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$173,900 → $217,000 (+24.8%)	$249,900 → $307,100 (+22.9%)
Median gross rent	$614 → $710 (+15.6%)	$1,007 → $1,144 (+13.6%)

Garrett County

Population

29,23528,713

Median household income

$52,617$69,031

Median home value

$173,900$217,000

Median gross rent

$614$710

Kent County

Population

19,53619,265

Median household income

$58,598$74,402

Median home value

$249,900$307,100

Median gross rent

$1,007$1,144

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garrett County	Kent County
Under 5	4.6%	4.0%
5 to 17	13.3%	11.6%
18 to 24	7.2%	12.0%
25 to 34	11.0%	10.3%
35 to 44	11.1%	9.0%
45 to 54	12.8%	10.7%
55 to 64	16.3%	15.5%
65 to 74	13.6%	15.3%
75 and over	10.1%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garrett County	Kent County
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	76.1%
Black or African American	0.8%	14.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garrett County	Kent County
No high school diploma	10.1%	8.2%
High school graduate	39.7%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	18.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garrett County	Kent County
Drove alone	77.0%	70.8%
Carpooled	8.6%	7.5%
Public transit	0.7%	1.0%
Walked	1.6%	8.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	11.1%	10.3%
Other means	0.7%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garrett County	Kent County
1-unit, detached	78.9%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	5.0%
20 or more units	2.3%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	8.9%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Garrett County	Kent County
Poverty rate	11.0%	9.5%
Average household size	2.23	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1981	1977