Kingston vs Lima

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

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

Lima has the higher population (231 vs 197 in Kingston). Since 2019, Lima's population has grown faster (+111.9% vs +84.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Kingston	Lima
Population	197	231
Median age	31.5 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$71,250
Median home value	—	$89,200
Housing units	57	83
Homeownership rate	100.0%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	5.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	11.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kingston	Lima
Population	107 → 197 (+84.1%)	109 → 231 (+111.9%)
Median household income	—	$54,500 → $71,250 (+30.7%)
Median home value	—	$95,000 → $89,200 (-6.1%)

Kingston

Population

107197

Lima

Population

109231

Median household income

$54,500$71,250

Median home value

$95,000$89,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kingston	Lima
Under 5	27.4%	13.0%
5 to 17	13.7%	26.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	23.4%	10.0%
35 to 44	23.9%	24.2%
45 to 54	5.6%	9.1%
55 to 64	6.1%	6.5%
65 to 74	0.0%	5.2%
75 and over	0.0%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kingston	Lima
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	97.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kingston	Lima
No high school diploma	6.0%	15.8%
High school graduate	70.7%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.8%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kingston	Lima
Drove alone	37.2%	78.1%
Carpooled	34.9%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.9%	14.6%
Other means	0.0%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kingston	Lima
1-unit, detached	87.7%	88.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.3%	12.0%

Poverty & households

	Kingston	Lima
Poverty rate	61.4%	6.1%
Average household size	3.46	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	—	28
Median year structure built	1975	1953