Cosmos vs Kingston

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

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

Cosmos has the higher population (529 vs 206 in Kingston). Kingston has the higher median household income ($100,278 vs $50,833 in Cosmos). Kingston has the higher median home value ($218,300 vs $95,000 in Cosmos).

Population, income & housing

	Cosmos	Kingston
Population	529	206
Median age	47.3 yrs	32.0 yrs
Median household income	$50,833	$100,278
Median home value	$95,000	$218,300
Median gross rent	$699	$534
Housing units	260	76
Homeownership rate	81.5%	85.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	8.9%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cosmos	Kingston
Population	508 → 529 (+4.1%)	209 → 206 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$46,094 → $50,833 (+10.3%)	$60,000 → $100,278 (+67.1%)
Median home value	$70,100 → $95,000 (+35.5%)	$120,600 → $218,300 (+81.0%)
Median gross rent	$627 → $699 (+11.5%)	$600 → $534 (-11.0%)

Cosmos

Population

508529

Median household income

$46,094$50,833

Median home value

$70,100$95,000

Median gross rent

$627$699

Kingston

Population

209206

Median household income

$60,000$100,278

Median home value

$120,600$218,300

Median gross rent

$600$534

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cosmos	Kingston
Under 5	4.0%	12.6%
5 to 17	7.9%	21.4%
18 to 24	7.6%	6.3%
25 to 34	10.8%	18.9%
35 to 44	12.7%	19.9%
45 to 54	19.3%	4.4%
55 to 64	21.0%	4.9%
65 to 74	11.7%	8.7%
75 and over	5.1%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cosmos	Kingston
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	1.7%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cosmos	Kingston
No high school diploma	7.7%	4.1%
High school graduate	49.8%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	53.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cosmos	Kingston
Drove alone	86.3%	96.9%
Carpooled	7.3%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cosmos	Kingston
1-unit, detached	81.5%	86.8%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	13.2%
5 to 19 units	13.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cosmos	Kingston
Poverty rate	16.8%	1.5%
Average household size	2.08	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	27	31
Median year structure built	1957	1952