What is the population of Kettering city?

Kettering city has 57,442 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #13 of 1,265 in Ohio.

What is the median household income in Kettering city?

Median household income in Kettering city is $71,619 a year, 8.8% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Kettering city?

Median gross rent is $983 a month and the median home value is $192,500, so rent absorbs about 16.5% of median household income.

Is Kettering city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Kettering city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Kettering, OH population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Kettering, Ohio (Kettering, OH — Census place “Kettering city”) is 57,442 residents, ranking #13 of 1265 places in Ohio. Median household income is $71,619, the median home is worth $192,500 and median gross rent runs $983 a month. Looking for the Kettering Ohio ZIP code list? 5 ZIP codes serve Kettering, OH: 45409, 45419, 45420, 45429, 45440.

Population: 57,442Kettering city residents
Median household income: $71,619Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $192,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $983Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 64.9%Owner-occupied households

Kettering ZIP codes (Ohio)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Kettering.

The Kettering OH ZIP code list below covers 5 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Kettering city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Kettering city median would spend about 16.5% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 8.5% of residents and 64.9% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Kettering city, OH in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Kettering city is a small city in Ohio, with 57,442 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #13 of 1,265 ranked by population — larger than 99% of them. The median age here is 38.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Kettering city earn a median of $71,619 a year, 8.8% below the national figure of $78,538 and 8% above the $66,250 median for the 689 Ohio cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 8.5% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Kettering city is valued at $192,500, 36.6% below the national figure and 14% above the $168,500 peer median, while median gross rent runs $983 a month, 30.1% below the national figure, or roughly $11,796 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 64.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

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What is the population of Kettering city?: Kettering city has 57,442 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #13 of 1,265 in Ohio.
What is the median household income in Kettering city?: Median household income in Kettering city is $71,619 a year, 8.8% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Kettering city?: Median gross rent is $983 a month and the median home value is $192,500, so rent absorbs about 16.5% of median household income.
Is Kettering city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Kettering city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Kettering city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.