Kingston vs Somonauk

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

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

Somonauk has the higher population (1,592 vs 1,156 in Kingston). Kingston has the higher median household income ($81,806 vs $81,731 in Somonauk). Somonauk has the higher median home value ($221,500 vs $212,300 in Kingston).

Population, income & housing

	Kingston	Somonauk
Population	1,156	1,592
Median age	39.0 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$81,806	$81,731
Median home value	$212,300	$221,500
Median gross rent	$844	$883
Housing units	474	692
Homeownership rate	83.0%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	14.9%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kingston	Somonauk
Population	1,112 → 1,156 (+4.0%)	2,125 → 1,592 (-25.1%)
Median household income	$73,688 → $81,806 (+11.0%)	$65,139 → $81,731 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$162,600 → $212,300 (+30.6%)	$168,900 → $221,500 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$748 → $844 (+12.8%)	$988 → $883 (-10.6%)

Kingston

Population

1,1121,156

Median household income

$73,688$81,806

Median home value

$162,600$212,300

Median gross rent

$748$844

Somonauk

Population

2,1251,592

Median household income

$65,139$81,731

Median home value

$168,900$221,500

Median gross rent

$988$883

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kingston	Somonauk
Under 5	1.7%	4.2%
5 to 17	21.3%	16.0%
18 to 24	10.3%	8.1%
25 to 34	9.9%	10.8%
35 to 44	14.4%	8.9%
45 to 54	13.9%	15.3%
55 to 64	12.7%	12.9%
65 to 74	14.2%	14.9%
75 and over	1.6%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kingston	Somonauk
White (non-Hispanic)	80.4%	90.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
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%	1.5%
Two or more races	4.5%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	15.1%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kingston	Somonauk
No high school diploma	8.7%	3.8%
High school graduate	46.4%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kingston	Somonauk
Drove alone	81.7%	84.3%
Carpooled	8.8%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	2.6%
Walked	2.5%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	5.8%	6.4%
Other means	1.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kingston	Somonauk
1-unit, detached	85.0%	68.5%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	15.2%
2 to 4 units	12.4%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kingston	Somonauk
Poverty rate	6.7%	5.9%
Average household size	2.49	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	35	28
Median year structure built	1978	1971