Kingston vs Lee

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

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

Kingston has the higher population (1,156 vs 332 in Lee). Kingston has the higher median household income ($81,806 vs $76,250 in Lee). Kingston has the higher median home value ($212,300 vs $155,200 in Lee).

Population, income & housing

	Kingston	Lee
Population	1,156	332
Median age	39.0 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$81,806	$76,250
Median home value	$212,300	$155,200
Median gross rent	$844	$1,102
Housing units	474	119
Homeownership rate	83.0%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	13.7%
Unemployment rate	14.9%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kingston	Lee
Population	1,112 → 1,156 (+4.0%)	352 → 332 (-5.7%)
Median household income	$73,688 → $81,806 (+11.0%)	$62,500 → $76,250 (+22.0%)
Median home value	$162,600 → $212,300 (+30.6%)	$116,000 → $155,200 (+33.8%)
Median gross rent	$748 → $844 (+12.8%)	$763 → $1,102 (+44.4%)

Kingston

Population

1,1121,156

Median household income

$73,688$81,806

Median home value

$162,600$212,300

Median gross rent

$748$844

Lee

Population

352332

Median household income

$62,500$76,250

Median home value

$116,000$155,200

Median gross rent

$763$1,102

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kingston	Lee
Under 5	1.7%	6.0%
5 to 17	21.3%	20.8%
18 to 24	10.3%	9.6%
25 to 34	9.9%	12.7%
35 to 44	14.4%	9.9%
45 to 54	13.9%	10.8%
55 to 64	12.7%	18.7%
65 to 74	14.2%	7.8%
75 and over	1.6%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kingston	Lee
White (non-Hispanic)	80.4%	80.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.5%
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%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.5%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	15.1%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kingston	Lee
No high school diploma	8.7%	3.3%
High school graduate	46.4%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kingston	Lee
Drove alone	81.7%	86.0%
Carpooled	8.8%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	5.8%	5.6%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kingston	Lee
1-unit, detached	85.0%	94.1%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.4%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kingston	Lee
Poverty rate	6.7%	18.2%
Average household size	2.49	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	35	35
Median year structure built	1978	1959