Kent, WA
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Kent, WA: 4 USPS ZIPs, population 147,876. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet KENT-WA · Kent, WA 4 ZIPs · 147,876 pop · #4142/25278 · King County
INC-HIGH · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FEW · OWN-LOW · POP-MID · SPREAD-MOD · HOME-HIGH
- INC-HIGH $101,979
- RANK-TOP #4142/25278
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Auburn
- BOOK-FEW 4 ZIPs
- OWN-LOW 61% owners
- POP-MID 147,876
- SPREAD-MOD 98032→98042
- HOME-HIGH $593,325
Nearest income peer: Auburn, WA (+ $613 income $)
Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Kent
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Kent on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Federal Way · lowest $90,106
Federal Way · lowest
$90,106 median HH income
- Kent · this city
Kent · this city
$101,979 median HH income
- Auburn · near
Auburn · near
$102,592 median HH income
- Renton · near
Renton · near
$106,664 median HH income
- Seattle · near
Seattle · near
$122,116 median HH income
- Sammamish · highest
Sammamish · highest
$247,182 median HH income
What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Kent, WA sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a mid-size population base, across a handful of delivery areas.
- Top 16%
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 147,876
- city population (Census)
- 4
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $101,979
- avg ZIP median income
Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.
High-income footprint on only 4 ZIPs: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $101,979 and home value $593,325 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 30.5%.
Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (61.1%) for this income tier, rent $1,968 may matter more than the home-value average.
Within Washington, Marysville is the closest lower-income city and Langley the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 2 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Kent.
Within-city ZIP comparison
Where the ZIP codes inside Kent differ
Income is the clearest internal divide in Kent. ZIP 98032 reports $82,636 in median household income, while ZIP 98042 reports $127,552. The city average sits between those published endpoints, so it is a starting point rather than a substitute for the ZIP records.
- Income high-to-low ratio
- 1.5×
- Home-value high-to-low ratio
- 1.3×
- Poverty-rate spread
- 12.6 points
98032 to 98042
98032 to 98042
98042 to 98032
Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.
Population concentration
Kent residents split across a short ZIP set
No ZIP owns Kent: the largest, 98042, is only about 30% of 147,876 residents across 4 codes. Compare at least two ZIPs before treating the city roll-up as a neighborhood answer.
Census ZBP business roll-up
Employer-heavy short list in Kent
Citywide ZBP: 4,364 establishments, 79,911 employees , annual payroll $6,030,417k (~30 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 4 of 4 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 98032 (2,124 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (688) · also Health care and social assistance · Wholesale trade .
ZIP Codes in Kent, WA
These ZIP codes sit in King County, which covers 85 ZIP codes in all; 4 of them fall in Kent. See the King County roll-up →
Kent sits in the lower half of King County on income: Seattle, Renton and Bellevue report more, and only Federal Way reports less. Sammamish marks the far end of that range at $247,182, 142% above Kent.
Side-by-side: Compare 98042 vs 98031 →
Kent roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Kent, .