† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupKentOhioUnited States
German23.2%22.3%12.5%
Irish13.0%12.3%9.4%
English11.0%11.0%9.5%
Italian9.3%5.8%4.8%
American9.3%5.6%5.3%
Polish5.2%3.2%2.2%
Hungarian2.2%——
Scottish1.8%1.5%1.3%
African American†8.0%10.5%9.9%
African0.3%0.6%0.5%
Asian Indian1.6%0.8%1.4%
Filipino0.5%0.2%0.9%
Chinese0.3%0.4%1.3%
Pakistani0.3%——
Mexican1.1%2.0%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.4%1.2%1.8%
Salvadoran0.2%—0.7%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Kent
Ohio
United States
Median age
23.8
39.8
39.1
Age 18–24
40.8%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
11.4%
18.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Kent
Ohio
United States
Median household income
$42,964
$71,389
$84,427
Poverty rate
27.1%
13.3%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
47.1%
31.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Kent
Ohio
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
7.8%
8.0%
22.3%
Spanish
1.3%
2.7%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
2.7%
1.2%
2.0%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.0%
0.6%
1.1%
Arabic
1.5%
0.4%
0.4%
Religious landscape
Measure
Kent
Ohio
United States
Catholic
—
15.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
19.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
52.2%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Kent, Ohio
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+45.6%
2008
+46.9%
2012
+46.3%
2016
+41.3%
2020
+42.5%
2024
+40.6%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
69.8%Harris6,956
29.2%Trump2,910
1.0%
D+40.6
R+1.9
D+42.1
9,963
D
70.4%Biden6,803
27.9%Trump2,699
1.6%
D+42.5
D+1.2
D+38.0
9,657
D
67.4%Clinton7,738
26.1%Trump3,001
6.5%
D+41.3
R+5.1
D+39.2
11,483
D
71.8%Obama7,875
25.5%Romney2,796
2.7%
D+46.3
R+0.6
D+42.5
10,968
D
72.7%Obama8,498
25.8%McCain3,019
1.5%
D+46.9
D+1.3
D+39.6
11,690
D
72.7%Kerry8,247
27.1%Bush3,074
0.3%
D+45.6
—
D+48.0
11,351
Home to Kent State University, Kent's electorate skews younger than most of Portage County, and student enrollment cycles create measurable volatility in registered-voter totals from year to year.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 46.9 points in 2008. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 40.6 points.
A population of 27,116, a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $42,964 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Oneonta and Carbondale.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Kent, Ohio voted Democratic by 40.6 points (D+40.6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 9,963 votes cast, 6,956 went Democratic and 2,910 went Republican.
How many people live in Kent, Ohio?
Kent, Ohio has a population of 27,116 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Kent, Ohio?
Median household income in Kent, Ohio is $42,964 — below the national median of $80,734. The Ohio state median is $71,389.
What is the political history of Kent, Ohio?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Kent, Ohio from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
