Kingston vs Plainville

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

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

Plainville has the higher population (212 vs 197 in Kingston). Since 2019, Kingston's population has grown faster (+84.1% vs -25.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Kingston	Plainville
Population	197	212
Median age	31.5 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$71,250
Median home value	—	$96,900
Median gross rent	—	$688
Housing units	57	95
Homeownership rate	100.0%	89.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	13.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kingston	Plainville
Population	107 → 197 (+84.1%)	283 → 212 (-25.1%)
Median household income	—	$42,411 → $71,250 (+68.0%)
Median home value	—	$59,200 → $96,900 (+63.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$625 → $688 (+10.1%)

Kingston

Population

107197

Plainville

Population

283212

Median household income

$42,411$71,250

Median home value

$59,200$96,900

Median gross rent

$625$688

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kingston	Plainville
Under 5	27.4%	12.3%
5 to 17	13.7%	17.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.8%
25 to 34	23.4%	15.1%
35 to 44	23.9%	4.2%
45 to 54	5.6%	6.6%
55 to 64	6.1%	19.8%
65 to 74	0.0%	15.6%
75 and over	0.0%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kingston	Plainville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	90.6%
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%	9.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kingston	Plainville
No high school diploma	6.0%	7.6%
High school graduate	70.7%	45.8%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.8%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kingston	Plainville
Drove alone	37.2%	92.6%
Carpooled	34.9%	1.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kingston	Plainville
1-unit, detached	87.7%	77.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.3%
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%	15.8%

Poverty & households

	Kingston	Plainville
Poverty rate	61.4%	10.8%
Average household size	3.46	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	—	30
Median year structure built	1975	1945