Akron vs Kingston

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

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

Kingston has the higher population (398 vs 312 in Akron). Akron has the higher median household income ($57,500 vs $46,964 in Kingston). Kingston has the higher median home value ($88,800 vs $75,500 in Akron).

Population, income & housing

	Akron	Kingston
Population	312	398
Median age	46.8 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,500	$46,964
Median home value	$75,500	$88,800
Median gross rent	$869	$593
Housing units	162	193
Homeownership rate	82.1%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.9%	9.8%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Akron	Kingston
Population	424 → 312 (-26.4%)	439 → 398 (-9.3%)
Median household income	$43,125 → $57,500 (+33.3%)	$43,438 → $46,964 (+8.1%)
Median home value	$63,100 → $75,500 (+19.7%)	$65,800 → $88,800 (+35.0%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $869 (+36.2%)	$563 → $593 (+5.3%)

Akron

Population

424312

Median household income

$43,125$57,500

Median home value

$63,100$75,500

Median gross rent

$638$869

Kingston

Population

439398

Median household income

$43,438$46,964

Median home value

$65,800$88,800

Median gross rent

$563$593

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Akron	Kingston
Under 5	0.6%	3.3%
5 to 17	12.2%	27.1%
18 to 24	11.2%	8.0%
25 to 34	11.2%	10.3%
35 to 44	11.5%	24.4%
45 to 54	16.3%	9.0%
55 to 64	18.9%	5.3%
65 to 74	9.6%	8.5%
75 and over	8.3%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Akron	Kingston
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	96.2%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.1%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Akron	Kingston
No high school diploma	13.5%	7.8%
High school graduate	40.9%	46.9%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.0%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Akron	Kingston
Drove alone	75.6%	78.7%
Carpooled	14.6%	14.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Akron	Kingston
1-unit, detached	93.8%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Akron	Kingston
Poverty rate	14.0%	25.4%
Average household size	2.16	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	34	29
Median year structure built	1954	1947