44243 Zip Code (Kent, OH) Detailed Profile

Estimated zip code population in 2022: 4,988
Zip code population in 2010: 5,658
Zip code population in 2000: 5,277

March 2022 cost of living index in zip code 44243: 94.8 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 0.5 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.

Population density: 10,316 people per square mile

(high).

Real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2022:

For population 25 years and over in 44243:

• High school or higher: 97.3%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 24.7%
• Graduate or professional degree: 24.7%
• Unemployed: 12.0%
• Mean travel time to work (commute): 14.8 minutes

For population 15 years and over in 44243:

• Never married: 98.6%
• Now married: 1.2%
• Separated: 0.0%
• Widowed: 0.2%
• Divorced: 0.0%

• 
• • 4,21884.6%White
  • 50710.2%Black
  • 1252.5%Hispanic or Latino
  • 711.4%Two or more races
  • 641.3%Asian

100% urban population.

Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 44243, filed in 2005:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $7,043 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$7,043
State:	$44,480

Salary/wage: $7,400 (reported on 97.8% of returns)

Here:	$7,400
State:	$39,198

Total tax: $611 (reported on 39.1% of returns)

44243:	$611
State:	$6,781

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 28.3%

Here:	28%
State:	55%

Nearest zip codes: 44240, 44278, 44241, 44262, 44224, 44260.
Kent Zip Code Map

Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 3,335 (5 now married, 3,334 unmarried)

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $163,624.

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $280,273

Here:	$280,273
State:	$254,366

Townhouses or other attached units: $182,520

Here:	$182,520
State:	$225,733

In 2-unit structures: $289,341

Here:	$289,341
State:	$144,384

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $212,735

Here:	$212,735
State:	$203,002

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $33,768

Here:	$33,768
State:	$211,593

Mobile homes: $28,438

Here:	$28,438
State:	$62,719

Unemployment: 12.0%

• Means of transportation to work in zip code 44243

• 28.0%472Drove a car alone
• 0.7%11Carpooled
• 0.8%13Bus or trolley bus
• 20.5%345Walked
• 1.5%26Other means
• 61.4%1,035Worked at home

• Travel time to work (commute) in zip code 44243

• 103Less than 5 minutes
• 1795 to 9 minutes
• 24910 to 14 minutes
• 4215 to 19 minutes
• 9820 to 24 minutes
• 4925 to 29 minutes
• 10030 to 34 minutes
• 835 to 39 minutes
• 340 to 44 minutes
• 3645 to 59 minutes

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 71.4%

Household type by relationship:

• In group quarters: 5,310 (0 institutionalized population)

96.1% of residents of 44243 zip code speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% very well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% very well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (64% very well, 36% not well).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (100% very well).

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 3,370
• Northeast: 844
• Midwest: 326
• South: 282
• West: 56

16% of the 44243 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 3% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Ohio.

78% of the 44243 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% moved from different state.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% moved from abroad.

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 98

Businesses in zip code 44243

• Quiznos: 1
• UPS: 1