Kent County, Texas: commercial real estate data.
Kent County, Texas had an estimated 703 residents on July 1, 2024, down 6.4 percent since the 2020 census base of 751, across 903 square miles. County output reached $296.5 m in 2024, 9 establishments operate here.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Kent County
How many people live in Kent County
- Population, American Community Survey 2020-2024734
- Households308
- Average household size2.38
- Median household income$72,889
- Median age60.0
- Median gross rent$675 per month
- Median owner-occupied home value$122,200
- Home value to household income1.7 times
- Annual rent as a share of median income11.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher26.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree8.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over605
- Population under 1889
- Share under 1812.1 percent
- Population 65 and over274
- Share 65 and over37.3 percent
- Working age population, 18 to 64371
- Civilian labor force295
- Unemployment rate8.5 percent
- Labor force participation, adults 18 and over45.7 percent
- Rank by population among Texas counties249th of 254
- Rank by population among US county-equivalents, Puerto Rico included3204th of 3,222
Kent County is the 249th largest of 254 Texas counties by population. A median home costs 1.7 times median household income, which is affordable by national standards. Residents 65 and over outnumber those under 18, at 37.3 percent against 12.1 percent, which points demand at health care, services and single story product rather than schools.
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2020-2024 5-year.
Kent County
Is Kent County's population growing?
- Population, July 1, 2024703
- Census 2020 base population751
- Population change since the 2020 census base-6.39 percent
- Population change, 2023 to 2024-25
- Births, 20247
- Deaths, 202414
- Natural change, 2024-7
- Net domestic migration, 2024-19
- Net international migration, 20240
- Total net migration, 2024-19
- Cumulative net domestic migration, 2021 to 2024-14
- Rank by growth among US county-equivalents3063rd of 3,144
The county has lost 6.39 percent of its population since the 2020 census base. The population fell in 2024 from both sources: deaths exceeded births and more people left than moved in.
US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2024, Vintage 2024, estimates 2020 to 2024.
Kent County
Where are people moving to Kent County from?
- Tax returns filed by households arriving26
- People arriving, from those returns50
- Adjusted gross income arriving$1.8 m
- Average income of an arriving household$69,231
| Origin | Households | People | Adjusted gross income |
|---|
US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Kent County
What is the Kent County economy?
- County GDP, 2024$296.5 m
- County GDP, 2023$222.0 m
- GDP change, 2023 to 202433.5 percent
- GDP change over five years210.2 percent
- Rank by GDP among the Texas areas BEA publishes217th of 254
- Rank by GDP among the US county areas BEA publishes2705th of 3,127
- GDP per resident$403,928
Output grew 33.5 percent in the latest year and 210.2 percent over five, which is the trend line a lender will read behind any single year figure.
US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024.
Kent County
Employment by industry in Kent County
- Covered employment, annual average355
- Establishments reporting29
- Average annual pay$37,332
- Average weekly wage$718
US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages.
Kent County
How many businesses are in Kent County?
- Establishments, all industries9
- Employment at those establishments53
- Annual payroll$4.9 m
- Establishments per 1,000 residents12.3
These are counts of establishments physically operating in the county, not listings, so they are the supply side a feasibility study measures demand against. County Business Patterns counts private establishments with paid employees in March 2023, while the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages above counts every unemployment-insured employer, public ones included, as a 2024 annual average, so the two establishment and employment counts differ.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023.
Kent County
How large is Kent County?
- Land area903 sq mi
- Rank by land area among Texas counties137th of 254
- Width, east to west30.2 mi
- Height, north to south30 mi
- Geographies sharing a boundary5
- Residents per square mile of land1
- Establishments per square mile0.01
US Census Bureau county boundary geometry, TIGER, adjacency computed from shared boundary vertices, TIGER county boundaries. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2020-2024 5-year. US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023.
Kent County
Flood risk in Kent County
- Participation of the county's own NFIP community Kent County, unincorporated areasParticipating, community 481231
- Communities in the county in the NFIP Community Status Book2
- Of those, participating in the NFIP2
- NFIP participation rate100.0 percent
- Communities carrying a CRS class0
- Radon levels in Kent County, EPA zone predicted average indoor radon screening level less than 2 pCi/LZone 3
The county's own community in the status book, unincorporated Kent County (community 481231), participates in the National Flood Insurance Program and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies there. The EPA places Kent County in radon zone 3, a predicted average indoor radon screening level less than 2 pCi/L. The zone is a screening prediction for the county and does not substitute for a test at an address. 100.0 percent of the county's listed communities participate in the National Flood Insurance Program, per Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26. US EPA, Map of Radon Zones, county spreadsheet, 2024-05 publication, EPA 402/A-16/001.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Traffic counts, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Feasibility studies
When a Kent County site needs a document a lender will accept.
The same data layer behind this page is the one the studies are written from. A study for a Kent County site starts with the figures you are reading, carrying the same source and period into the credit file.
- Population, American Community Survey 2020-2024734
- Households308
- Average household size2.38
- Median household income$72,889
- Median age60.0
Common questions
Kent County questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Kent County, Texas?
The Census Bureau estimates 703 residents on July 1, 2024 (US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2024). The American Community Survey 2020-2024 five-year estimate is 734, in 308 households, ranking 249th of 254 Texas counties. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2020-2024 5-year.
Is Kent County's population growing?
The population has fallen 6.39 percent since the 2020 census base of 751, to 703 on July 1, 2024. In 2024 there were 7 births against 14 deaths, with net migration of -19. Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2024, Vintage 2024, estimates 2020 to 2024.
What is the median household income in Kent County?
$72,889. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $122,200, which is 1.7 times income, and median gross rent is $675 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2020-2024 5-year.
How many businesses are in Kent County?
9 establishments, employing 53 people with an annual payroll of $4.9 m. These are establishments physically operating in the county, not listings. Source: US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023.
What is employment by industry in Kent County?
Covered employment averages 355 jobs at an average annual pay of $37,332, or $718 a week. Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages.
What is the radon zone for Kent County?
Zone 3, a predicted average indoor radon screening level less than 2 pCi/L. Source: US EPA, Map of Radon Zones, county spreadsheet, 2024-05 publication, EPA 402/A-16/001.
Are traffic counts available for Kent County on this page?
No. Annual average daily traffic resolves in the platform rather than in this dataset, so no AADT figure is printed here. It is a gap we know about rather than a figure we estimated.
Is zoning published for Kent County?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning, and where a statutory framework applies it is marked as the statewide frame, to be confirmed locally.
Kent County
Cities and places in Kent.
2 Census places lie wholly or partly in Kent County. All 2 carry enough published place level data for a page of their own and are linked.
| Place | Type | Population | SBA 7(a) approvals, projects in this county | Lies in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jayton | city | 458 | None recorded | Wholly in this county |
| Girard | CDP | 20 | None recorded | Wholly in this county |
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