Abington vs Kingston

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

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

Abington has the higher population (17,008 vs 6,373 in Kingston). Kingston has the higher median household income ($130,179 vs $119,787 in Abington). Kingston has the higher median home value ($529,400 vs $516,300 in Abington).

Population, income & housing

	Abington	Kingston
Population	17,008	6,373
Median age	40.4 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$119,787	$130,179
Median home value	$516,300	$529,400
Median gross rent	$1,547	$1,298
Housing units	6,576	2,765
Homeownership rate	74.2%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.8%	47.6%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Abington	Kingston
Population	16,436 → 17,008 (+3.5%)	6,278 → 6,373 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$99,381 → $119,787 (+20.5%)	$90,754 → $130,179 (+43.4%)
Median home value	$357,300 → $516,300 (+44.5%)	$332,300 → $529,400 (+59.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,219 → $1,547 (+26.9%)	$1,185 → $1,298 (+9.5%)

Abington

Population

16,43617,008

Median household income

$99,381$119,787

Median home value

$357,300$516,300

Median gross rent

$1,219$1,547

Kingston

Population

6,2786,373

Median household income

$90,754$130,179

Median home value

$332,300$529,400

Median gross rent

$1,185$1,298

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Abington	Kingston
Under 5	5.5%	2.7%
5 to 17	17.2%	17.6%
18 to 24	5.6%	5.4%
25 to 34	10.5%	10.2%
35 to 44	17.5%	12.6%
45 to 54	16.2%	19.5%
55 to 64	15.0%	9.5%
65 to 74	6.7%	15.2%
75 and over	5.8%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Abington	Kingston
White (non-Hispanic)	85.2%	94.4%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Abington	Kingston
No high school diploma	4.1%	1.2%
High school graduate	30.8%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	28.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	19.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Abington	Kingston
Drove alone	73.4%	76.9%
Carpooled	6.3%	8.0%
Public transit	4.1%	4.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	10.6%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Abington	Kingston
1-unit, detached	61.9%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	6.7%
20 or more units	5.4%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Abington	Kingston
Poverty rate	5.7%	2.7%
Average household size	2.62	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	33	41
Median year structure built	1969	1962