Kingston vs Shabbona

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

Kingston and Shabbona 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 756 in Shabbona). Kingston has the higher median household income ($81,806 vs $75,375 in Shabbona). Kingston has the higher median home value ($212,300 vs $180,400 in Shabbona).

Population, income & housing

	Kingston	Shabbona
Population	1,156	756
Median age	39.0 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	$81,806	$75,375
Median home value	$212,300	$180,400
Median gross rent	$844	$885
Housing units	474	350
Homeownership rate	83.0%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	14.9%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kingston	Shabbona
Population	1,112 → 1,156 (+4.0%)	1,112 → 756 (-32.0%)
Median household income	$73,688 → $81,806 (+11.0%)	$59,583 → $75,375 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$162,600 → $212,300 (+30.6%)	$154,900 → $180,400 (+16.5%)
Median gross rent	$748 → $844 (+12.8%)	$773 → $885 (+14.5%)

Kingston

Population

1,1121,156

Median household income

$73,688$81,806

Median home value

$162,600$212,300

Median gross rent

$748$844

Shabbona

Population

1,112756

Median household income

$59,583$75,375

Median home value

$154,900$180,400

Median gross rent

$773$885

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kingston	Shabbona
Under 5	1.7%	2.5%
5 to 17	21.3%	10.2%
18 to 24	10.3%	13.5%
25 to 34	9.9%	9.3%
35 to 44	14.4%	7.9%
45 to 54	13.9%	10.3%
55 to 64	12.7%	11.9%
65 to 74	14.2%	13.5%
75 and over	1.6%	20.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kingston	Shabbona
White (non-Hispanic)	80.4%	87.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	15.1%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kingston	Shabbona
No high school diploma	8.7%	6.5%
High school graduate	46.4%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kingston	Shabbona
Drove alone	81.7%	90.6%
Carpooled	8.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	7.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	1.9%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kingston	Shabbona
1-unit, detached	85.0%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	12.4%	17.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kingston	Shabbona
Poverty rate	6.7%	9.3%
Average household size	2.49	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	35	29
Median year structure built	1978	1963