Kent, New York.
. Rochester, NY metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,478 (+116%) since Jan 2020.
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- New York$2,755
- United States$1,922
Living in Kent, Orleans County, New York
The Census does not count Kent on its own, so the figures here are Orleans County's. Half the county's households earn more than $65,969 a year and half less; 13% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 77% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 23% are rented. Unemployment in Orleans County was 4.2% in August 2026, and the county had 0.4% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Orleans County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Kent is a town in Orleans County, New York, and the figures here are the county's. Most homes across the county are lived in by their owners rather than rented, and the residents tend to be in middle age or older. Winters are cold and snowy, with January the coldest month and July the warmest, so the seasons are clearly marked. Snow and rain are both heavy enough that the weather shapes much of daily life through the year.
Work. Across Orleans County, many people work in schools, hospitals and social care, and manufacturing and shops also employ a good number of residents. Unemployment is about the same as it was a year earlier, while the number of jobs has dipped slightly over the past year. Fewer adults hold a four-year degree than in many parts of the country, and relatively few people work from home.
Things to do. Hamlin Beach State Park is a protected area a short drive away, with a lakeside setting that suits a day outdoors. Beardsley Creek runs in or beside the town itself, making it the easiest of the local waterways to reach. Lake Ontario lies a longer drive away, and The National Museum of Play, also a longer drive, offers indoor exhibits for a rainy or snowy day.
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- 16,220households
- 43.5median age
- 18%of adults have a degree
- 13%below the poverty line
- 26 mintypical commute
- 10%work from home
What people in Orleans County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Orleans County had 11,445 jobs in 2025, 0.4% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 33° and lows near 18°; warmest in July, with highs near 83° and lows near 62°. About 67 inches of snow and 35 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Albion weather station, 6 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Orleans County
- Baxter Healthcare MedinaIv apparatus manufacturing400
- Medina Central School DistrictSchool district310FTE
- Medina Memorial HospitalCritical access hospital274FTE
- Albion Central School DistrictSchool district263FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters224
- BrunnerBrake pads and shoes, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing218
- TakeformSigns and signboards manufacturing209
- Holley Central School DistrictSchool district207FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 27 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,657 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Orleans County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Orleans County and the Rochester, NY metro.
Kent home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Kent8
Zip codes with a Kent address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Kent — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.