Enterprise vs Kinston

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

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

Enterprise has the higher population (28,990 vs 760 in Kinston). Enterprise has the higher median household income ($68,306 vs $36,875 in Kinston). Enterprise has the higher median home value ($198,500 vs $71,700 in Kinston).

Population, income & housing

	Enterprise	Kinston
Population	28,990	760
Median age	36.1 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$68,306	$36,875
Median home value	$198,500	$71,700
Median gross rent	$1,058	$684
Housing units	12,676	277
Homeownership rate	59.9%	73.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	8.4%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	17.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Enterprise	Kinston
Population	27,947 → 28,990 (+3.7%)	741 → 760 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$62,695 → $68,306 (+8.9%)	$35,952 → $36,875 (+2.6%)
Median home value	$170,100 → $198,500 (+16.7%)	$76,200 → $71,700 (-5.9%)
Median gross rent	$882 → $1,058 (+20.0%)	$543 → $684 (+26.0%)

Enterprise

Population

27,94728,990

Median household income

$62,695$68,306

Median home value

$170,100$198,500

Median gross rent

$882$1,058

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)

	Enterprise	Kinston
Under 5	6.8%	4.2%
5 to 17	18.3%	11.8%
18 to 24	8.9%	12.0%
25 to 34	14.1%	9.3%
35 to 44	14.6%	5.0%
45 to 54	10.9%	15.9%
55 to 64	10.7%	28.2%
65 to 74	9.7%	8.9%
75 and over	6.1%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Enterprise	Kinston
White (non-Hispanic)	61.2%	91.4%
Black or African American	20.1%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.3%
Asian	1.2%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.6%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	11.0%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Enterprise	Kinston
No high school diploma	10.7%	17.0%
High school graduate	26.6%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	5.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Enterprise	Kinston
Drove alone	82.1%	79.4%
Carpooled	10.9%	15.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	3.8%
Other means	1.9%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Enterprise	Kinston
1-unit, detached	70.9%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	7.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	9.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	14.4%

Poverty & households

	Enterprise	Kinston
Poverty rate	17.4%	24.9%
Average household size	2.56	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1988	1974