Kingston vs Waterman

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

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

Waterman has the higher population (1,419 vs 1,156 in Kingston). Waterman has the higher median household income ($97,386 vs $81,806 in Kingston). Waterman has the higher median home value ($212,900 vs $212,300 in Kingston).

Population, income & housing

	Kingston	Waterman
Population	1,156	1,419
Median age	39.0 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$81,806	$97,386
Median home value	$212,300	$212,900
Median gross rent	$844	$897
Housing units	474	508
Homeownership rate	83.0%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	25.8%
Unemployment rate	14.9%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kingston	Waterman
Population	1,112 → 1,156 (+4.0%)	1,426 → 1,419 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$73,688 → $81,806 (+11.0%)	$71,429 → $97,386 (+36.3%)
Median home value	$162,600 → $212,300 (+30.6%)	$161,700 → $212,900 (+31.7%)
Median gross rent	$748 → $844 (+12.8%)	$772 → $897 (+16.2%)

Kingston

Population

1,1121,156

Median household income

$73,688$81,806

Median home value

$162,600$212,300

Median gross rent

$748$844

Waterman

Population

1,4261,419

Median household income

$71,429$97,386

Median home value

$161,700$212,900

Median gross rent

$772$897

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kingston	Waterman
Under 5	1.7%	6.2%
5 to 17	21.3%	20.4%
18 to 24	10.3%	12.4%
25 to 34	9.9%	10.5%
35 to 44	14.4%	17.8%
45 to 54	13.9%	7.8%
55 to 64	12.7%	17.5%
65 to 74	14.2%	4.5%
75 and over	1.6%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kingston	Waterman
White (non-Hispanic)	80.4%	78.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	15.1%	10.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kingston	Waterman
No high school diploma	8.7%	8.0%
High school graduate	46.4%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kingston	Waterman
Drove alone	81.7%	86.6%
Carpooled	8.8%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	5.8%	7.8%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kingston	Waterman
1-unit, detached	85.0%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	12.4%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Kingston	Waterman
Poverty rate	6.7%	7.2%
Average household size	2.49	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	35	38
Median year structure built	1978	1971