Kingston vs Malta

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

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

Malta has the higher population (1,507 vs 1,156 in Kingston). Malta has the higher median household income ($83,611 vs $81,806 in Kingston). Kingston has the higher median home value ($212,300 vs $178,900 in Malta).

Population, income & housing

	Kingston	Malta
Population	1,156	1,507
Median age	39.0 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$81,806	$83,611
Median home value	$212,300	$178,900
Median gross rent	$844	$1,036
Housing units	474	546
Homeownership rate	83.0%	66.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	23.7%
Unemployment rate	14.9%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kingston	Malta
Population	1,112 → 1,156 (+4.0%)	1,190 → 1,507 (+26.6%)
Median household income	$73,688 → $81,806 (+11.0%)	$73,077 → $83,611 (+14.4%)
Median home value	$162,600 → $212,300 (+30.6%)	$138,500 → $178,900 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$748 → $844 (+12.8%)	$962 → $1,036 (+7.7%)

Kingston

Population

1,1121,156

Median household income

$73,688$81,806

Median home value

$162,600$212,300

Median gross rent

$748$844

Malta

Population

1,1901,507

Median household income

$73,077$83,611

Median home value

$138,500$178,900

Median gross rent

$962$1,036

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kingston	Malta
Under 5	1.7%	11.1%
5 to 17	21.3%	16.3%
18 to 24	10.3%	9.9%
25 to 34	9.9%	14.8%
35 to 44	14.4%	13.7%
45 to 54	13.9%	11.8%
55 to 64	12.7%	10.7%
65 to 74	14.2%	7.8%
75 and over	1.6%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kingston	Malta
White (non-Hispanic)	80.4%	73.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.8%
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	4.5%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	15.1%	19.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kingston	Malta
No high school diploma	8.7%	14.5%
High school graduate	46.4%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kingston	Malta
Drove alone	81.7%	74.7%
Carpooled	8.8%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	5.8%	9.5%
Other means	1.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kingston	Malta
1-unit, detached	85.0%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	12.4%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kingston	Malta
Poverty rate	6.7%	20.4%
Average household size	2.49	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	35	26
Median year structure built	1978	1969