Kingston vs Kirkland

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

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

Kirkland has the higher population (1,497 vs 1,156 in Kingston). Kirkland has the higher median household income ($92,500 vs $81,806 in Kingston). Kingston has the higher median home value ($212,300 vs $187,800 in Kirkland).

Population, income & housing

	Kingston	Kirkland
Population	1,156	1,497
Median age	39.0 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$81,806	$92,500
Median home value	$212,300	$187,800
Median gross rent	$844	$1,050
Housing units	474	586
Homeownership rate	83.0%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	23.3%
Unemployment rate	14.9%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kingston	Kirkland
Population	1,112 → 1,156 (+4.0%)	1,845 → 1,497 (-18.9%)
Median household income	$73,688 → $81,806 (+11.0%)	$65,313 → $92,500 (+41.6%)
Median home value	$162,600 → $212,300 (+30.6%)	$142,100 → $187,800 (+32.2%)
Median gross rent	$748 → $844 (+12.8%)	$981 → $1,050 (+7.0%)

Kingston

Population

1,1121,156

Median household income

$73,688$81,806

Median home value

$162,600$212,300

Median gross rent

$748$844

Kirkland

Population

1,8451,497

Median household income

$65,313$92,500

Median home value

$142,100$187,800

Median gross rent

$981$1,050

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kingston	Kirkland
Under 5	1.7%	6.3%
5 to 17	21.3%	17.3%
18 to 24	10.3%	10.2%
25 to 34	9.9%	15.9%
35 to 44	14.4%	12.4%
45 to 54	13.9%	15.2%
55 to 64	12.7%	10.0%
65 to 74	14.2%	8.5%
75 and over	1.6%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kingston	Kirkland
White (non-Hispanic)	80.4%	86.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
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%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.5%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	15.1%	10.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kingston	Kirkland
No high school diploma	8.7%	8.3%
High school graduate	46.4%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	38.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kingston	Kirkland
Drove alone	81.7%	77.1%
Carpooled	8.8%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	9.6%
Other means	1.2%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kingston	Kirkland
1-unit, detached	85.0%	86.7%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	12.4%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kingston	Kirkland
Poverty rate	6.7%	4.9%
Average household size	2.49	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	35	33
Median year structure built	1978	1977