Darwin vs Kingston

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

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

Darwin has the higher population (385 vs 206 in Kingston). Kingston has the higher median household income ($100,278 vs $61,250 in Darwin). Kingston has the higher median home value ($218,300 vs $142,500 in Darwin).

Population, income & housing

	Darwin	Kingston
Population	385	206
Median age	34.8 yrs	32.0 yrs
Median household income	$61,250	$100,278
Median home value	$142,500	$218,300
Median gross rent	$775	$534
Housing units	153	76
Homeownership rate	88.8%	85.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	8.9%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Darwin	Kingston
Population	339 → 385 (+13.6%)	209 → 206 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$65,417 → $61,250 (-6.4%)	$60,000 → $100,278 (+67.1%)
Median home value	$117,900 → $142,500 (+20.9%)	$120,600 → $218,300 (+81.0%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $775 (+19.2%)	$600 → $534 (-11.0%)

Darwin

Population

339385

Median household income

$65,417$61,250

Median home value

$117,900$142,500

Median gross rent

$650$775

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)

	Darwin	Kingston
Under 5	3.9%	12.6%
5 to 17	24.2%	21.4%
18 to 24	11.2%	6.3%
25 to 34	10.9%	18.9%
35 to 44	10.4%	19.9%
45 to 54	9.4%	4.4%
55 to 64	14.5%	4.9%
65 to 74	9.6%	8.7%
75 and over	6.0%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Darwin	Kingston
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	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	1.3%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.7%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Darwin	Kingston
No high school diploma	12.4%	4.1%
High school graduate	36.8%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	53.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Darwin	Kingston
Drove alone	78.3%	96.9%
Carpooled	7.6%	3.1%
Public transit	3.3%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	0.0%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Darwin	Kingston
1-unit, detached	79.1%	86.8%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	13.2%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Darwin	Kingston
Poverty rate	9.7%	1.5%
Average household size	2.87	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	21	31
Median year structure built	1974	1952