Kingston vs Scituate

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

Kingston and 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 5,602 in Scituate). Kingston has the higher median household income ($130,179 vs $126,379 in Scituate). Scituate has the higher median home value ($699,200 vs $529,400 in Kingston).

Population, income & housing

	Kingston	Scituate
Population	6,373	5,602
Median age	46.3 yrs	53.2 yrs
Median household income	$130,179	$126,379
Median home value	$529,400	$699,200
Median gross rent	$1,298	$811
Housing units	2,765	2,600
Homeownership rate	82.2%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.6%	63.3%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kingston	Scituate
Population	6,278 → 6,373 (+1.5%)	5,558 → 5,602 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$90,754 → $130,179 (+43.4%)	$140,419 → $126,379 (-10.0%)
Median home value	$332,300 → $529,400 (+59.3%)	$540,100 → $699,200 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,185 → $1,298 (+9.5%)	$1,093 → $811 (-25.8%)

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

Scituate

Population

5,5585,602

Median household income

$140,419$126,379

Median home value

$540,100$699,200

Median gross rent

$1,093$811

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kingston	Scituate
Under 5	2.7%	3.7%
5 to 17	17.6%	16.5%
18 to 24	5.4%	7.0%
25 to 34	10.2%	4.7%
35 to 44	12.6%	11.2%
45 to 54	19.5%	9.9%
55 to 64	9.5%	17.9%
65 to 74	15.2%	16.6%
75 and over	7.2%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kingston	Scituate
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	90.4%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	4.7%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kingston	Scituate
No high school diploma	1.2%	6.1%
High school graduate	25.0%	14.0%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	16.6%
Bachelor's degree	28.2%	33.2%
Graduate or professional degree	19.4%	30.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kingston	Scituate
Drove alone	76.9%	58.9%
Carpooled	8.0%	5.4%
Public transit	4.0%	7.9%
Walked	0.4%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	10.6%	23.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kingston	Scituate
1-unit, detached	77.2%	75.4%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	5.1%
20 or more units	1.5%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Kingston	Scituate
Poverty rate	2.7%	3.3%
Average household size	2.39	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	41	41
Median year structure built	1962	1962