Kingston vs Plymouth

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

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

Plymouth has the higher population (7,852 vs 6,373 in Kingston). Kingston has the higher median household income ($130,179 vs $72,639 in Plymouth). Kingston has the higher median home value ($529,400 vs $426,000 in Plymouth).

Population, income & housing

	Kingston	Plymouth
Population	6,373	7,852
Median age	46.3 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$130,179	$72,639
Median home value	$529,400	$426,000
Median gross rent	$1,298	$1,701
Housing units	2,765	4,169
Homeownership rate	82.2%	49.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.6%	38.4%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kingston	Plymouth
Population	6,278 → 6,373 (+1.5%)	7,081 → 7,852 (+10.9%)
Median household income	$90,754 → $130,179 (+43.4%)	$64,242 → $72,639 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$332,300 → $529,400 (+59.3%)	$348,800 → $426,000 (+22.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,185 → $1,298 (+9.5%)	$1,319 → $1,701 (+29.0%)

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

Plymouth

Population

7,0817,852

Median household income

$64,242$72,639

Median home value

$348,800$426,000

Median gross rent

$1,319$1,701

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kingston	Plymouth
Under 5	2.7%	1.8%
5 to 17	17.6%	10.5%
18 to 24	5.4%	7.0%
25 to 34	10.2%	16.1%
35 to 44	12.6%	15.4%
45 to 54	19.5%	12.6%
55 to 64	9.5%	16.3%
65 to 74	15.2%	9.1%
75 and over	7.2%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kingston	Plymouth
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	80.2%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	4.3%
Two or more races	2.3%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kingston	Plymouth
No high school diploma	1.2%	8.6%
High school graduate	25.0%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	28.2%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	19.4%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kingston	Plymouth
Drove alone	76.9%	62.9%
Carpooled	8.0%	12.4%
Public transit	4.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.4%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	10.6%	16.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kingston	Plymouth
1-unit, detached	77.2%	31.0%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	12.6%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	22.2%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	23.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	11.2%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kingston	Plymouth
Poverty rate	2.7%	8.7%
Average household size	2.39	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	41	28
Median year structure built	1962	1938