Kingsley vs Traverse City

A side-by-side comparison of Kingsley and Traverse City: population, income, housing, and more.

Kingsley and Traverse City are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Traverse City has the higher population (15,491 vs 1,783 in Kingsley). Traverse City has the higher median household income ($71,731 vs $65,714 in Kingsley). Traverse City has the higher median home value ($367,600 vs $248,900 in Kingsley).

Population, income & housing

	Kingsley	Traverse City
Population	1,783	15,491
Median age	27.8 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$65,714	$71,731
Median home value	$248,900	$367,600
Median gross rent	$981	$983
Housing units	541	8,583
Homeownership rate	69.5%	60.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.1%	47.0%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kingsley	Traverse City
Population	1,352 → 1,783 (+31.9%)	15,570 → 15,491 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$48,594 → $65,714 (+35.2%)	$57,076 → $71,731 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$138,300 → $248,900 (+80.0%)	$266,100 → $367,600 (+38.1%)
Median gross rent	$774 → $981 (+26.7%)	$905 → $983 (+8.6%)

Kingsley

Population

1,3521,783

Median household income

$48,594$65,714

Median home value

$138,300$248,900

Median gross rent

$774$981

Traverse City

Population

15,57015,491

Median household income

$57,076$71,731

Median home value

$266,100$367,600

Median gross rent

$905$983

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kingsley	Traverse City
Under 5	8.2%	3.9%
5 to 17	33.6%	12.5%
18 to 24	6.5%	8.3%
25 to 34	10.3%	16.1%
35 to 44	16.9%	12.9%
45 to 54	7.1%	10.5%
55 to 64	7.7%	13.0%
65 to 74	5.5%	15.0%
75 and over	4.1%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kingsley	Traverse City
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	89.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kingsley	Traverse City
No high school diploma	5.3%	4.3%
High school graduate	27.3%	17.7%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	21.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kingsley	Traverse City
Drove alone	81.4%	59.7%
Carpooled	7.7%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	3.0%
Walked	0.8%	6.8%
Bicycle	0.5%	5.9%
Worked from home	9.7%	15.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kingsley	Traverse City
1-unit, detached	66.4%	61.1%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	16.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.5%
Mobile home & other	29.4%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Kingsley	Traverse City
Poverty rate	9.3%	9.1%
Average household size	3.47	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	26	19
Median year structure built	1990	1960