Michigan · Census place 2642780
Kent City, Michigan
Kent City is a village in Kent County, Michigan with an estimated 1,377 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 312th largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,377
- #312 of 353 in Michigan
- Change since 2020
- +6.1%
- +79 people
- Land area
- 1.3 sq mi
- Density
- 1,028 / sq mi
- State median 2,478
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Kent City population, 2020 to 2024
Kent City added 79 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.1%. In the latest year it moved by +8.
Kent City covers 1.34 square miles of land, for 1,028 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Kent City is less dense than the typical town.
What county Kent City is in
All of Kent City's residents live in Kent County, which had 673,002 residents in 2024. Kent City holds 0.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Kent City
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Kent City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 49330. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Kent City is
The Census internal point of Kent City is at 43.226400, -85.755500. Lansing, the capital, is 69.6 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sparta, MI (4,323 people), 5.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Grand Rapids, MI, 19.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 43.226400, -85.755500
- DMS
- 43°13'35.04"N 85°45'19.80"W
- UTM
- 16N 601064.4E 4786708.4N
- Geohash
- dpejbt4u0
- Plus code
- 86MP66GV+HR
Daylight in Kent City
At 43.23° N, Kent City gets about 15 h 23 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 59 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 25 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Kent City
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Sparta, 5.3 miles away, with 4,323 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Kent City, MI?
1,377 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 79 (6.1%) from 1,298 in July 2020.
What county is Kent City in?
Kent County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Kent City?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 49330.
How far is Kent City from Lansing?
69.6 miles (112.0 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Kent City.
What is the nearest larger city to Kent City?
Sparta, MI, with 4,323 residents, 5.3 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.