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Kentwood town, Louisiana: commercial real estate data.
Kentwood town is a Census town of 2,087 people across 7.11 square miles of land, in Tangipahoa Parish. Median household income is $31,364, 49.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $25,000.
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Kentwood
What Kentwood is
- Census place typetown
- Land area7.11 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land294 plus or minus 81
- County holding the largest share of its areaTangipahoa Parish, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Kentwood
How many people live in Kentwood
- Population2,087 plus or minus 573
- Median age36.5
- Population under 18525 plus or minus 151
- Share under 1825.2 percent
- Population 65 and over407 plus or minus 118
- Share 65 and over19.5 percent
- Households756 plus or minus 178
- Family households396 plus or minus 130
- Share of households that are families52.4 percent plus or minus 12.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Kentwood
Income and work in Kentwood
- Median household income$31,364
- Per capita income$16,998
- Civilian labor force728 plus or minus 237
- Employed669 plus or minus 236
- Unemployed59 plus or minus 62
- Unemployment rate8.1 percent plus or minus 8.1
- Adults 25 and over1,356 plus or minus 357
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher73.0 percent plus or minus 26.9
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher10.5 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.4 percent plus or minus 5.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Kentwood
Housing in Kentwood
- Housing units1,014
- Occupied units756 plus or minus 178
- Vacant units258 plus or minus 110
- Vacancy rate25.4 percent plus or minus 9.6
- Owner occupied377 plus or minus 101
- Renter occupied379 plus or minus 141
- Ownership rate49.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$95,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,022 plus or minus $244
- Annual rent as a share of median income39.1 percent plus or minus 11.9
- Single family units789 plus or minus 176
- Share single family77.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more35 plus or minus 37
- Share in buildings of two or more3.5 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Mobile homes190 plus or minus 95
- Median year structure built1972
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Kentwood
How Kentwood gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute657 plus or minus 232
- Commuting under 15 minutes189 plus or minus 91
- Share commuting under 15 minutes28.8 percent plus or minus 9.5
- Commuting 30 minutes or more237 plus or minus 118
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more36.1 percent plus or minus 12.7
- Drove alone72.1 percent
- Carpooled19.9 percent plus or minus 19.4
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.2 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Worked from home1.1 percent plus or minus 1.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Kentwood
SBA 7(a) lending to Kentwood borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$25,000
- Average approval$25,000
- Median approval$25,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$25,000
- Largest approval$25,000
- Jobs supported1
- Jobs per approval1.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term84 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Tangipahoa Parish, not Kentwood
Tangipahoa Parish context, not Kentwood figures
These are Tangipahoa Parish figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Kentwood measurements.
- Establishments in Tangipahoa Parish2,617
- Employment at those establishments, Tangipahoa Parish39,823
- Covered employment, Tangipahoa Parish47,214
- Average annual pay, Tangipahoa Parish$46,783
- Average weekly wage, Tangipahoa Parish$900
- Housing units permitted, Tangipahoa Parish1,085
- Of those, single family, Tangipahoa Parish699
- County product, 2024, Tangipahoa Parish$6,435,431,000
- County product change over the prior year, Tangipahoa Parish5.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Tangipahoa Parish$47,463
Every figure in this section is published for Tangipahoa Parish as a whole and is not a measurement of Kentwood. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Kentwood questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Kentwood, Louisiana?
2,087, in 756 households. Kentwood town covers 7.11 square miles of land, which is 294 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Kentwood in?
Tangipahoa Parish, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Kentwood?
$31,364. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $95,500. Median gross rent is $1,022 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Kentwood businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $25,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $25,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Kentwood, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Kentwood borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Kentwood. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Kentwood figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Tangipahoa Parish as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Kentwood.
Is zoning published for Kentwood?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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