Kingstown vs Romancoke

A side-by-side comparison of Kingstown and Romancoke: population, income, housing, and more.

Kingstown and Romancoke are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Kingstown has the higher population (1,836 vs 1,705 in Romancoke). Romancoke has the higher median household income ($118,077 vs $90,288 in Kingstown). Romancoke has the higher median home value ($397,200 vs $282,500 in Kingstown).

Population, income & housing

	Kingstown	Romancoke
Population	1,836	1,705
Median age	50.3 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$90,288	$118,077
Median home value	$282,500	$397,200
Median gross rent	$1,806	$1,955
Housing units	901	764
Homeownership rate	89.3%	87.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.9%	28.0%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	12.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kingstown	Romancoke
Population	1,917 → 1,836 (-4.2%)	1,717 → 1,705 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$68,438 → $90,288 (+31.9%)	$94,423 → $118,077 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$223,200 → $282,500 (+26.6%)	$315,200 → $397,200 (+26.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,125 → $1,806 (+60.5%)	$2,036 → $1,955 (-4.0%)

Kingstown

Population

1,9171,836

Median household income

$68,438$90,288

Median home value

$223,200$282,500

Median gross rent

$1,125$1,806

Romancoke

Population

1,7171,705

Median household income

$94,423$118,077

Median home value

$315,200$397,200

Median gross rent

$2,036$1,955

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kingstown	Romancoke
Under 5	4.5%	4.4%
5 to 17	9.5%	13.5%
18 to 24	6.4%	1.6%
25 to 34	7.5%	13.5%
35 to 44	17.0%	13.3%
45 to 54	15.8%	9.0%
55 to 64	16.4%	17.2%
65 to 74	14.6%	14.7%
75 and over	8.3%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kingstown	Romancoke
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	97.0%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kingstown	Romancoke
No high school diploma	3.4%	5.5%
High school graduate	18.1%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	22.6%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kingstown	Romancoke
Drove alone	73.6%	83.1%
Carpooled	17.3%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kingstown	Romancoke
1-unit, detached	93.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kingstown	Romancoke
Poverty rate	18.5%	0.8%
Average household size	2.15	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	23	42
Median year structure built	1977	1978