Hull vs Kingston

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

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

Hull has the higher population (10,098 vs 6,373 in Kingston). Kingston has the higher median household income ($130,179 vs $127,112 in Hull). Hull has the higher median home value ($606,100 vs $529,400 in Kingston).

Population, income & housing

	Hull	Kingston
Population	10,098	6,373
Median age	55.1 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$127,112	$130,179
Median home value	$606,100	$529,400
Median gross rent	$1,885	$1,298
Housing units	5,733	2,765
Homeownership rate	81.1%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.7%	47.6%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hull	Kingston
Population	10,455 → 10,098 (-3.4%)	6,278 → 6,373 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$88,476 → $127,112 (+43.7%)	$90,754 → $130,179 (+43.4%)
Median home value	$406,600 → $606,100 (+49.1%)	$332,300 → $529,400 (+59.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,423 → $1,885 (+32.5%)	$1,185 → $1,298 (+9.5%)

Hull

Population

10,45510,098

Median household income

$88,476$127,112

Median home value

$406,600$606,100

Median gross rent

$1,423$1,885

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)

	Hull	Kingston
Under 5	2.6%	2.7%
5 to 17	9.2%	17.6%
18 to 24	5.6%	5.4%
25 to 34	11.2%	10.2%
35 to 44	7.8%	12.6%
45 to 54	13.5%	19.5%
55 to 64	25.2%	9.5%
65 to 74	16.3%	15.2%
75 and over	8.7%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hull	Kingston
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	94.4%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hull	Kingston
No high school diploma	3.2%	1.2%
High school graduate	19.1%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	28.5%	28.2%
Graduate or professional degree	23.2%	19.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hull	Kingston
Drove alone	68.6%	76.9%
Carpooled	3.3%	8.0%
Public transit	6.7%	4.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.2%	10.6%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hull	Kingston
1-unit, detached	73.0%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	6.7%
20 or more units	6.9%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Hull	Kingston
Poverty rate	5.3%	2.7%
Average household size	2.21	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	33	41
Median year structure built	1945	1962