Kinston vs New Brockton

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

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

New Brockton has the higher population (1,440 vs 760 in Kinston). New Brockton has the higher median household income ($69,135 vs $36,875 in Kinston). New Brockton has the higher median home value ($180,800 vs $71,700 in Kinston).

Population, income & housing

	Kinston	New Brockton
Population	760	1,440
Median age	50.5 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$36,875	$69,135
Median home value	$71,700	$180,800
Median gross rent	$684	$590
Housing units	277	700
Homeownership rate	73.7%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.4%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	17.1%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kinston	New Brockton
Population	741 → 760 (+2.6%)	1,146 → 1,440 (+25.7%)
Median household income	$35,952 → $36,875 (+2.6%)	$51,625 → $69,135 (+33.9%)
Median home value	$76,200 → $71,700 (-5.9%)	$106,500 → $180,800 (+69.8%)
Median gross rent	$543 → $684 (+26.0%)	$656 → $590 (-10.1%)

Kinston

Population

741760

Median household income

$35,952$36,875

Median home value

$76,200$71,700

Median gross rent

$543$684

New Brockton

Population

1,1461,440

Median household income

$51,625$69,135

Median home value

$106,500$180,800

Median gross rent

$656$590

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kinston	New Brockton
Under 5	4.2%	6.5%
5 to 17	11.8%	18.2%
18 to 24	12.0%	4.3%
25 to 34	9.3%	9.5%
35 to 44	5.0%	13.3%
45 to 54	15.9%	14.2%
55 to 64	28.2%	18.4%
65 to 74	8.9%	7.4%
75 and over	4.6%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kinston	New Brockton
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	60.7%
Black or African American	0.3%	22.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.6%
Asian	2.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.6%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kinston	New Brockton
No high school diploma	17.0%	16.4%
High school graduate	45.0%	22.8%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.5%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kinston	New Brockton
Drove alone	79.4%	93.4%
Carpooled	15.4%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	1.6%
Other means	1.4%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kinston	New Brockton
1-unit, detached	78.3%	87.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.4%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Kinston	New Brockton
Poverty rate	24.9%	19.1%
Average household size	2.93	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1974	1989