Kentwood is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 54,077 people and 13 associated neighborhoods, Kentwood is the 27th largest community in Michigan.Kentwood is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Kentwood is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Kentwood who work in office and administrative support (11.51%), management occupations (9.42%), and sales jobs (8.20%). Also of interest is that Kentwood has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.90% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The population of Kentwood is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 35.60% of adults in Kentwood have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Kentwood in 2022 was $34,158, which is upper middle income relative to Michigan, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $136,632 for a family of four. However, Kentwood contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Kentwood is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. 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 White, followed by Black or African-American. Kentwood also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.36% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Kentwood include German, Dutch, English, Irish, and Polish. Foreign born people are also an important part of Kentwood's cultural character, accounting for 18.30% of the city’s population. The most common language spoken in Kentwood is English. Other important languages spoken here include Serbo-Croatian and Spanish.
