Kentwood is a very small town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 2,176 people and three associated neighborhoods, Kentwood is the 166th largest community in Louisiana.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Kentwood is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 41.76% of the Kentwood workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Kentwood is a town of sales and office workers, transportation and shipping workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Kentwood who work in sales jobs (20.41%), office and administrative support (12.36%), and teaching (6.37%). It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Kentwood has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Kentwood has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Kentwood than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Kentwood may be for you. One downside of living in Kentwood is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Kentwood, the average commute to work is 30.43 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. As is often the case in a small town, Kentwood doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.In Kentwood, just 8.55% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%. The per capita income in Kentwood in 2022 was $21,730, which is lower middle income relative to Louisiana, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $86,920 for a family of four. However, Kentwood contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Kentwood is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Kentwood home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kentwood residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Kentwood include English, French, Irish, Scottish, and German. The most common language spoken in Kentwood is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
