Kent, WA real estate
Buying or selling a home, condo, or piece of land in Kent? Here is what the city's housing actually looks like, and how to reach Isaac Ortiz about it.
Kent housing snapshot
| Population | 135,015 | |
|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $537,500 | Owner-reported |
| Median household income | $90,416 | |
| Detached houses | 51.3% | Share of all housing units |
| Townhomes / attached | 6.8% | |
| In buildings of 2+ units | 38.6% | Condos and apartments alike |
| Manufactured homes | 3.1% | |
| Owner-occupied | 56.9% | |
| Median year built | 1985 | |
| Vacancy rate | 4.5% |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2019–2023). Tables B25077, B01003, B25003, B25024, B25035, B19013, B25002. This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.
What the numbers mean for a buyer or seller
The median owner-reported home value in Kent is $537,500.
That is 34% below the King County median of $811,200. Median household income is $90,416, 26% below the county's $122,148.
Kent's housing is genuinely mixed - 51.3% detached houses, 38.6% in multi-unit buildings, and 6.8% attached single-family such as townhomes. Both house and attached-home stock exist here in real numbers.
56.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied - a fairly even ownership-to-rental split.
Half of Kent's homes were built in 1985 or earlier, putting half the stock in the 1980s-90s era or before.
Talk to Isaac Ortiz about Kent
Isaac Ortiz is a licensed real estate broker with Compass, working King County and the surrounding Puget Sound area. Se habla español. Send a note and he will reply personally.
Or call +1 253-359-5263 or email Isaac.Ortiz@nwret.com.