The median home value in Kent, OH is $254,391 as of 2026-06-30, up 4.27% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$254,391
Year-over-Year
+4.27%
Population
27,524
Kent ranks #99 of 212 Ohio cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 2.0% above the state's city median of $249,438. It sits in Portage County, where the county-wide median is $287,324.
Kent police recorded a violent crime rate of 127 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 1,272 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
The median home value in Kent is $254,391. That's up 4.27% from a year earlier. That is about 2.0% above the typical county in Ohio.
Homes in Kent are cheaper than Portage County as a whole, where the median is $287,324 — a difference of about 11.5%.
Kent police reported 127 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 27,524. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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