 About 8.7% of families and 11.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.7% of those under the age of 18 and 9.3% of those 65 and older.In 2003, Kent was named "Sports Illustrated"'s Sportstown of the year for Washington.In January 2006, an entertainment center, known as Kent Station, opened in downtown Kent adjacent to the transit station of the same name.