Kingston vs North Scituate

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

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

Kingston has the higher population (6,373 vs 6,163 in North Scituate). North Scituate has the higher median household income ($136,852 vs $130,179 in Kingston). North Scituate has the higher median home value ($771,000 vs $529,400 in Kingston).

Population, income & housing

	Kingston	North Scituate
Population	6,373	6,163
Median age	46.3 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$130,179	$136,852
Median home value	$529,400	$771,000
Median gross rent	$1,298	$1,613
Housing units	2,765	2,206
Homeownership rate	82.2%	89.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.6%	76.1%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kingston	North Scituate
Population	6,278 → 6,373 (+1.5%)	5,044 → 6,163 (+22.2%)
Median household income	$90,754 → $130,179 (+43.4%)	$108,676 → $136,852 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$332,300 → $529,400 (+59.3%)	$589,900 → $771,000 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,185 → $1,298 (+9.5%)	$1,115 → $1,613 (+44.7%)

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

North Scituate

Population

5,0446,163

Median household income

$108,676$136,852

Median home value

$589,900$771,000

Median gross rent

$1,115$1,613

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kingston	North Scituate
Under 5	2.7%	4.7%
5 to 17	17.6%	19.3%
18 to 24	5.4%	8.7%
25 to 34	10.2%	10.2%
35 to 44	12.6%	7.7%
45 to 54	19.5%	16.9%
55 to 64	9.5%	16.6%
65 to 74	15.2%	8.3%
75 and over	7.2%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kingston	North Scituate
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kingston	North Scituate
No high school diploma	1.2%	0.7%
High school graduate	25.0%	7.6%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	15.7%
Bachelor's degree	28.2%	50.3%
Graduate or professional degree	19.4%	25.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kingston	North Scituate
Drove alone	76.9%	64.9%
Carpooled	8.0%	0.0%
Public transit	4.0%	6.0%
Walked	0.4%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	26.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kingston	North Scituate
1-unit, detached	77.2%	88.6%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	3.1%
20 or more units	1.5%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kingston	North Scituate
Poverty rate	2.7%	2.2%
Average household size	2.39	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	41	35
Median year structure built	1962	1961