 The mean income for a household in the city was $ 46 @,@ 848 , well below the mean household incomes for Ohio ( $ 61 @,@ 397 ) and the United States ( $ 70 @,@ 116 ) in the 2010 Census . The median household income in Kent was $ 28 @,@ 958 , compared to $ 46 @,@ 563 for Ohio and $ 51 @,@ 222 for the U.S. For families , the mean income in Kent was $ 71 @,@ 817 with a median income of $ 59 @,@ 936 , both of which were closer to the state ( $ 73 @,@ 084 mean , $ 58 @,@ 566 median ) and national ( $ 81 @,@ 568 mean , $ 62 @,@ 112 median ) averages . Males had a median income of $ 35 @,@ 316 versus $ 35 @,@ 255 for females . The per capita income for workers in the city was $ 18 @,@ 339 . 10 @.@ 4 % of families and 29 @.@ 3 % of the population were below the poverty line , including 21 @.@ 1 % of those under age 18 and 6 @.@ 6 % of those age 65 or over . While the number of individuals below the poverty line is significantly higher than both the state and national averages , with 14 @.@ 8 % of individuals in Ohio and 14 @.@ 4 % in the United States being below the poverty line , the percentage of families below the poverty line is slightly below the state ( 10 @.@ 5 % ) and national ( 10 @.@ 8 % ) averages . Measures of high poverty rates in similar college towns , however , is not uncommon across the U.S. 
