Kentwood vs East Grand Rapids
Kentwood and East Grand Rapids on the published weights — then move the weights to yours and see whether the result survives.
Category by category
D+HousingA−
East Grand Rapids +36 pts
CSchoolsA−
East Grand Rapids +27 pts
B−Cost of livingD
Kentwood +25 pts
BCommuteA
East Grand Rapids +12 pts
C+AmenitiesC+
East Grand Rapids +1 pts
C−EmploymentA−
East Grand Rapids +31 pts
—Residents—
not comparable yet
Weigh it yourself
The published weights are an editorial judgement, not a fact. Drag them. Both totals recompute live and the bar above moves with them.
Weights total 100% · normalised to 100% before scoring, so you can be sloppy.
The numbers side by side
$268kMedian home value$521k
$1,260Median rent$1,862
19.7 minMean commute17.7 min
$74kMedian household income$167k
1.23%Effective property tax1.48%
65th pctWithin-state proficiency98th pct
42Restaurants & cafés55
54,296Population11,445
0Resident responses0
Bold marks the better figure on that row. ACS 2020–24 · EDFacts SY2021–22 · OpenStreetMap Sep 2026.