Kingston vs Middletown

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

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

Middletown has the higher population (319 vs 70 in Kingston). Kingston has the higher median household income ($71,563 vs $64,167 in Middletown). Since 2019, Kingston's population has grown faster (+438.5% vs -19.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Kingston	Middletown
Population	70	319
Median age	60.5 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$71,563	$64,167
Median home value	—	$144,300
Median gross rent	—	$784
Housing units	30	158
Homeownership rate	100.0%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kingston	Middletown
Population	13 → 70 (+438.5%)	397 → 319 (-19.6%)
Median household income	—	$60,000 → $64,167 (+6.9%)
Median home value	—	$130,700 → $144,300 (+10.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$771 → $784 (+1.7%)

Kingston

Population

1370

Middletown

Population

397319

Median household income

$60,000$64,167

Median home value

$130,700$144,300

Median gross rent

$771$784

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kingston	Middletown
Under 5	0.0%	4.1%
5 to 17	11.4%	21.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.8%
25 to 34	30.0%	9.1%
35 to 44	0.0%	17.6%
45 to 54	0.0%	14.7%
55 to 64	47.1%	10.7%
65 to 74	11.4%	9.7%
75 and over	0.0%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kingston	Middletown
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	0.0%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kingston	Middletown
No high school diploma	0.0%	4.4%
High school graduate	33.9%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	66.1%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kingston	Middletown
Drove alone	100.0%	88.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kingston	Middletown
1-unit, detached	100.0%	85.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	10.1%

Poverty & households

	Kingston	Middletown
Poverty rate	0.0%	11.4%
Average household size	2.33	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	—	18
Median year structure built	1973	1953