Kent, Washington

Kent population, 2020 to 2024

Kent lost 5 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.0%. In the latest year it moved by +1,540. Among 125 Washington places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 92nd; the median place changed by +2.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in Washington has 18,148 people, so Kent is 7.5 times that size.

Kent covers 33.83 square miles of land and 0.58 of water, for 4,037 people per square mile of land. The median Washington place of 5,000+ has 2,694, so Kent is denser than the typical town.

What county Kent is in

All of Kent's residents live in King County, which had 2,340,211 residents in 2024. Kent holds 5.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Kent

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Kent by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 98030, 98031, 98032, 98042. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Kent is

The Census internal point of Kent is at 47.388000, -122.212700. Olympia, the capital, is 40.4 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bellevue, WA (154,377 people), 14.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Renton, WA, 6.3 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 125 m (410 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Kent

At 47.39° N, Kent gets about 15 h 57 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 27 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 30 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Kent daylight page.

Places near Kent

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Washington, measured between internal points. The closest is Des Moines, 4.9 miles away, with 33,207 people.