Huntsville vs Kingston

A side-by-side comparison of Huntsville and Kingston: population, income, housing, and more.

Huntsville and Kingston are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Huntsville has the higher population (3,086 vs 123 in Kingston). Kingston has the higher median household income ($54,141 vs $52,472 in Huntsville). Huntsville has the higher median home value ($146,300 vs $122,800 in Kingston).

Population, income & housing

	Huntsville	Kingston
Population	3,086	123
Median age	34.4 yrs	64.8 yrs
Median household income	$52,472	$54,141
Median home value	$146,300	$122,800
Median gross rent	$591	—
Housing units	1,234	98
Homeownership rate	60.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	6.5%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Huntsville	Kingston
Population	2,513 → 3,086 (+22.8%)	184 → 123 (-33.2%)
Median household income	$34,167 → $52,472 (+53.6%)	$51,845 → $54,141 (+4.4%)
Median home value	$104,400 → $146,300 (+40.1%)	$96,300 → $122,800 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	$602 → $591 (-1.8%)	—

Huntsville

Population

2,5133,086

Median household income

$34,167$52,472

Median home value

$104,400$146,300

Median gross rent

$602$591

Kingston

Population

184123

Median household income

$51,845$54,141

Median home value

$96,300$122,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Huntsville	Kingston
Under 5	8.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	28.6%	0.0%
18 to 24	4.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.4%	26.0%
35 to 44	13.9%	0.0%
45 to 54	6.1%	0.0%
55 to 64	9.9%	29.3%
65 to 74	7.6%	22.8%
75 and over	9.8%	22.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Huntsville	Kingston
White (non-Hispanic)	67.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	3.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	13.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	13.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Huntsville	Kingston
No high school diploma	17.7%	9.8%
High school graduate	48.8%	83.7%
Some college or associate's	20.3%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Huntsville	Kingston
Drove alone	84.9%	100.0%
Carpooled	9.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Huntsville	Kingston
1-unit, detached	81.2%	39.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	60.2%

Poverty & households

	Huntsville	Kingston
Poverty rate	20.4%	0.0%
Average household size	2.85	1.84
Mean commute (minutes)	25	—
Median year structure built	1980	1986