Kingston vs The Pinehills

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

Kingston and The Pinehills 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 4,988 in The Pinehills). Kingston has the higher median household income ($130,179 vs $121,792 in The Pinehills). The Pinehills has the higher median home value ($669,100 vs $529,400 in Kingston).

Population, income & housing

	Kingston	The Pinehills
Population	6,373	4,988
Median age	46.3 yrs	69.8 yrs
Median household income	$130,179	$121,792
Median home value	$529,400	$669,100
Median gross rent	$1,298	$2,689
Housing units	2,765	2,817
Homeownership rate	82.2%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.6%	63.8%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kingston	The Pinehills
Population	6,278 → 6,373 (+1.5%)	1,419 → 4,988 (+251.5%)
Median household income	$90,754 → $130,179 (+43.4%)	$101,518 → $121,792 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$332,300 → $529,400 (+59.3%)	$621,600 → $669,100 (+7.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,185 → $1,298 (+9.5%)	$2,176 → $2,689 (+23.6%)

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

The Pinehills

Population

1,4194,988

Median household income

$101,518$121,792

Median home value

$621,600$669,100

Median gross rent

$2,176$2,689

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kingston	The Pinehills
Under 5	2.7%	0.8%
5 to 17	17.6%	4.6%
18 to 24	5.4%	0.9%
25 to 34	10.2%	2.3%
35 to 44	12.6%	3.8%
45 to 54	19.5%	6.8%
55 to 64	9.5%	13.7%
65 to 74	15.2%	35.8%
75 and over	7.2%	31.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kingston	The Pinehills
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	96.7%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kingston	The Pinehills
No high school diploma	1.2%	0.5%
High school graduate	25.0%	9.3%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	28.2%	36.0%
Graduate or professional degree	19.4%	27.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kingston	The Pinehills
Drove alone	76.9%	62.3%
Carpooled	8.0%	2.9%
Public transit	4.0%	2.9%
Walked	0.4%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	28.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kingston	The Pinehills
1-unit, detached	77.2%	46.9%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	31.5%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	0.6%
20 or more units	1.5%	14.5%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kingston	The Pinehills
Poverty rate	2.7%	3.8%
Average household size	2.39	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	41	33
Median year structure built	1962	2009