Kingston vs Middleborough Center

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

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

Middleborough Center has the higher population (8,064 vs 6,373 in Kingston). Kingston has the higher median household income ($130,179 vs $79,520 in Middleborough Center). Kingston has the higher median home value ($529,400 vs $372,400 in Middleborough Center).

Population, income & housing

	Kingston	Middleborough Center
Population	6,373	8,064
Median age	46.3 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$130,179	$79,520
Median home value	$529,400	$372,400
Median gross rent	$1,298	$1,705
Housing units	2,765	3,522
Homeownership rate	82.2%	50.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.6%	30.2%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kingston	Middleborough Center
Population	6,278 → 6,373 (+1.5%)	7,343 → 8,064 (+9.8%)
Median household income	$90,754 → $130,179 (+43.4%)	$66,525 → $79,520 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$332,300 → $529,400 (+59.3%)	$294,800 → $372,400 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,185 → $1,298 (+9.5%)	$1,277 → $1,705 (+33.5%)

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

Middleborough Center

Population

7,3438,064

Median household income

$66,525$79,520

Median home value

$294,800$372,400

Median gross rent

$1,277$1,705

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kingston	Middleborough Center
Under 5	2.7%	5.3%
5 to 17	17.6%	16.5%
18 to 24	5.4%	10.7%
25 to 34	10.2%	17.9%
35 to 44	12.6%	11.7%
45 to 54	19.5%	13.3%
55 to 64	9.5%	9.8%
65 to 74	15.2%	9.5%
75 and over	7.2%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kingston	Middleborough Center
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	86.3%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	2.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kingston	Middleborough Center
No high school diploma	1.2%	6.0%
High school graduate	25.0%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	28.2%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	19.4%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kingston	Middleborough Center
Drove alone	76.9%	83.1%
Carpooled	8.0%	6.0%
Public transit	4.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	10.6%	9.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kingston	Middleborough Center
1-unit, detached	77.2%	38.7%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	8.5%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	28.5%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	9.9%
20 or more units	1.5%	13.1%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Kingston	Middleborough Center
Poverty rate	2.7%	12.5%
Average household size	2.39	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	41	30
Median year structure built	1962	1953