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Kent city, Washington: commercial real estate data.
Kent city is a Census city of 135,603 people across 33.83 square miles of land, in King County. Median household income is $92,302, 57.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 282 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $225.2 m.
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Kent
What Kent is
- Census place typecity
- Land area33.83 sq mi
- Water area0.58 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land4,008
- County holding the largest share of its areaKing County, 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.
Kent
How many people live in Kent
- Population135,603
- Median age35.5
- Population under 1832,158
- Share under 1823.7 percent
- Population 65 and over16,138
- Share 65 and over11.9 percent
- Households47,156
- Family households31,831
- Share of households that are families67.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Kent
Income and work in Kent
- Median household income$92,302
- Per capita income$42,664
- Civilian labor force73,192
- Employed68,041
- Unemployed5,151
- Unemployment rate7.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over91,294
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher86.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher29.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree8.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Kent
Housing in Kent
- Housing units49,652
- Occupied units47,156
- Vacant units2,496
- Vacancy rate5.0 percent
- Owner occupied26,961
- Renter occupied20,195
- Ownership rate57.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$587,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,909
- Annual rent as a share of median income24.8 percent
- Single family units28,914
- Share single family58.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more19,234
- Share in buildings of two or more38.7 percent
- Mobile homes1,458 plus or minus 324
- Median year structure built1985
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Kent
How Kent gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute56,703
- Commuting under 15 minutes9,370
- Share commuting under 15 minutes16.5 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more27,521
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more48.5 percent
- Drove alone67.9 percent
- Carpooled11.2 percent
- Public transport4.3 percent
- Walked1.6 percent plus or minus 0.4
- Worked from home13.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Kent
SBA loans in Kent (7(a))
- Approvals282
- Gross approval$225,160,500
- Average approval$798,441
- Median approval$250,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,429,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported3,427
- Jobs per approval12.2
- Loans with a final outcome72
- Paid in full64
- Charged off8
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans11.1 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more20.6 percent
- Share to franchises7.4 percent
- Distinct lenders61
- Distinct industries by NAICS104
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Kent
SBA loans in Kent (504)
- Approvals48
- Gross approval$47,402,000
- Average approval$987,542
- Median approval$759,000
- Largest approval$3,886,000
- Jobs supported402
- Loans with a final outcome23
- Charged off3
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans13.0 percent
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs5
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
King County, not Kent
King County context, not Kent figures
These are King County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Kent measurements.
- Establishments in King County70,376
- Employment at those establishments, King County1,305,947
- Covered employment, King County1,449,785
- Average annual pay, King County$132,279
- Average weekly wage, King County$2,544
- Housing units permitted, King County10,564
- Of those, single family, King County2,352
- County product, 2024, King County$477,154,354,000
- County product change over the prior year, King County7.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, King County$117,917
Every figure in this section is published for King County as a whole and is not a measurement of Kent. 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
Kent questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Kent, Washington?
135,603, in 47,156 households. Kent city covers 33.83 square miles of land, which is 4,008 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Kent in?
King County, 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 Kent?
$92,302. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $587,800. Median gross rent is $1,909 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Kent businesses?
282 7(a) approvals totalling $225.2 m, across 61 lenders, median approval $250,000, plus 48 504 approvals worth $47.4 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Kent, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Kent borrowers get paid back?
Of the 72 loans that have reached a final outcome, 64 were paid in full and 8 charged off, a charge off rate of 11.1 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Kent figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for King County 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 Kent.
Is zoning published for Kent?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.