Elba vs Kinston

A side-by-side comparison of Elba and Kinston: population, income, housing, and more.

Elba and Kinston are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Elba has the higher population (3,459 vs 760 in Kinston). Elba has the higher median household income ($41,310 vs $36,875 in Kinston). Elba has the higher median home value ($105,000 vs $71,700 in Kinston).

Population, income & housing

	Elba	Kinston
Population	3,459	760
Median age	48.7 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$41,310	$36,875
Median home value	$105,000	$71,700
Median gross rent	$671	$684
Housing units	1,808	277
Homeownership rate	63.5%	73.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	8.4%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	17.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elba	Kinston
Population	3,841 → 3,459 (-9.9%)	741 → 760 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$37,134 → $41,310 (+11.2%)	$35,952 → $36,875 (+2.6%)
Median home value	$77,800 → $105,000 (+35.0%)	$76,200 → $71,700 (-5.9%)
Median gross rent	$627 → $671 (+7.0%)	$543 → $684 (+26.0%)

Elba

Population

3,8413,459

Median household income

$37,134$41,310

Median home value

$77,800$105,000

Median gross rent

$627$671

Kinston

Population

741760

Median household income

$35,952$36,875

Median home value

$76,200$71,700

Median gross rent

$543$684

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elba	Kinston
Under 5	7.5%	4.2%
5 to 17	9.0%	11.8%
18 to 24	4.6%	12.0%
25 to 34	9.6%	9.3%
35 to 44	10.5%	5.0%
45 to 54	19.9%	15.9%
55 to 64	10.5%	28.2%
65 to 74	15.8%	8.9%
75 and over	12.7%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elba	Kinston
White (non-Hispanic)	51.1%	91.4%
Black or African American	42.8%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.6%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elba	Kinston
No high school diploma	24.2%	17.0%
High school graduate	46.4%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	19.3%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	5.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elba	Kinston
Drove alone	99.9%	79.4%
Carpooled	0.1%	15.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elba	Kinston
1-unit, detached	79.4%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	14.4%

Poverty & households

	Elba	Kinston
Poverty rate	25.6%	24.9%
Average household size	2.19	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1968	1974