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Kentwood, Michigan

A city-market profile built from 4 primary-city ZIP areas representing an estimated 130,591 residents.

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City-market rollup: ZIPs assigned to this primary city. These figures are not official municipal-boundary population estimates.
Follow Your Heart Index | National #497 of 129160.3Official whole-life balance across all five components
Partner Availability | National #55772.0100.0% coverage
Settlement Feasibility | National #50655.5100.0% coverage
Economic Capacity | National #72366.5100.0% coverage
Relationship Environment | National #65136.4100.0% coverage
Opportunity Strength | National #67964.9100.0% coverage

Population by life stage

Under 1831,286 | 24.0%
18 to 2412,606 | 9.7%
25 to 3419,800 | 15.2%
35 to 5431,929 | 24.4%
55 to 6414,450 | 11.1%
65 and older20,520 | 15.7%

Marital landscape

Married50,420 | 47.8%
Never married37,088 | 35.1%
Divorced11,329 | 10.7%
Separated1,228 | 1.2%
Widowed5,525 | 5.2%

Race and broad ethnicity

Race and Hispanic ethnicity are separate Census concepts and may overlap. Values provide community context, not relationship quality.

White78,404 | 60.0%
Black or African American23,875 | 18.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native825 | 0.6%
Asian9,547 | 7.3%
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0 | 0.0%
Hispanic or Latino15,344 | 11.8%

Ethnicity and heritage communities

These are the leading reported heritage communities among contributing ZIPs. The Census source calls them ancestry responses, and people may report more than one.

  • German16,972 reported responses
  • Dutch15,870 reported responses
  • English10,850 reported responses
  • Irish8,584 reported responses
  • Polish4,531 reported responses
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Economic, housing and mobility context

Median household income$78,565
Employment rate65.0%
Typical home value$365,981
Typical rent$1,860
Mortgage access64.0
Migration opportunity38.4
Commute under 30 minutes83.2%
Poverty rate10.4%

ZIP areas in this city market

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ZIPHeart IndexPartnerSettlementEconomicRelationshipOpportunity
4950859.776.552.865.036.360.7
4951264.181.059.667.334.168.7
4954660.947.363.974.938.280.7
4954858.586.548.359.735.852.5