|
Population (year 2000): 2,205. Estimated
population in July 2005: 2,171 (-1.5% change)
Males: 981 (44.5%), Females: 1,224 (55.5%)
Zip code:
70444
Median resident age: 33.5 years
Median household income: $17,297 (year 2000)
Median house value: $57,800 (year 2000)
Races in Kentwood:
- Black (64.9%)
- White Non-Hispanic (34.4%)
- Hispanic (0.7%)
Ancestries: United States (7.8%), Irish (3.8%),
English (3.7%), Subsaharan African (3.7%), French (2.5%), German
(2.4%).
Elevation: 225 feet
Land area: 6.9 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Kentwood
- High school or higher: 65.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 9.6%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.6%
- Unemployed: 10.9%
- Mean travel time to work: 30.9 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Kentwood town
- Never married: 34.7%
- Now married: 40.2%
- Separated: 4.7%
- Widowed: 13.0%
- Divorced: 7.4%
0.8% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -288 (-11.6%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Kentwood:
- S PIKE HOSP ASSC DBA BEACHAM MEMORIAL (about 14
miles; MAGNOLIA, MS)
- HOOD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 15 miles; AMITE, LA)
- ST HELENA PARISH HOSPITAL CAH (about 17 miles;
GREENSBURG, LA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Kentwood:
- BATON ROUGE METROPOLITAN, RYAN FIELD (about 52
miles; BATON ROUGE, LA; ID: BTR)
- LOUIS ARMSTRONG NEW ORLEANS INTL (about 68 miles;
NEW ORLEANS, LA; ID: MSY)
- HARDY-ANDERS FIELD NATCHEZ-ADAMS COUNTY (about 71
miles; NATCHEZ, MS; ID: HEZ)
Other public-use airports nearest to Kentwood:
- MC COMB/PIKE COUNTY/JOHN E LEWIS FIELD (about 17
miles; MC COMB, MS; ID: MCB)
- PAUL PITTMAN MEMORIAL (about 28 miles; TYLERTOWN,
MS; ID: T36)
- HAMMOND MUNI (about 30 miles; HAMMOND, LA; ID: HDC)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Kentwood:
- SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY (about 30 miles;
HAMMOND, LA; Full-time enrollment: 12,549)
- SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AND A & M COLLEGE (about 56
miles; BATON ROUGE, LA; FT enrollment: 8,399)
- LOUISIANA STATE UNIV & AG & MECH & HEBERT LAWS CTR
(about 60 miles; BATON ROUGE, LA; FT enrollment: 28,696)
- PEARL RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 67 miles;
POPLARVILLE, MS; FT enrollment: 2,433)
- UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS (about 70 miles; NEW
ORLEANS, LA; FT enrollment: 12,442)
- SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AT NEW ORLEANS (about 72 miles;
NEW ORLEANS, LA; FT enrollment: 3,217)
- DELGADO COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 73 miles; NEW
ORLEANS, LA; FT enrollment: 8,193)
Public high schools in Kentwood:
- JEWEL M. SUMNER HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 673;
Location: 15841 HIGHWAY 440; Grades: 07 - 12)
- KENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 330;
Location: 603 NINTH STREET; Grades: 07 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Kentwood:
- SPRING CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students:
483; Location: 72961 HIGHWAY 1061; Grades: PK - 06)
- O.W. DILLON MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
(Students: 471; Location: 1541 C B TEMPLE ROAD; Grades:
PK - 06)
- CHESBROUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 417;
Location: 68495 HIGHWAY 1054; Grades: PK - 06)
|
