Grove City vs Kingston

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

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

Grove City has the higher population (858 vs 206 in Kingston). Kingston has the higher median household income ($100,278 vs $49,922 in Grove City). Kingston has the higher median home value ($218,300 vs $133,000 in Grove City).

Population, income & housing

	Grove City	Kingston
Population	858	206
Median age	31.2 yrs	32.0 yrs
Median household income	$49,922	$100,278
Median home value	$133,000	$218,300
Median gross rent	$825	$534
Housing units	358	76
Homeownership rate	65.0%	85.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	8.9%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grove City	Kingston
Population	615 → 858 (+39.5%)	209 → 206 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$49,375 → $49,922 (+1.1%)	$60,000 → $100,278 (+67.1%)
Median home value	$78,200 → $133,000 (+70.1%)	$120,600 → $218,300 (+81.0%)
Median gross rent	$830 → $825 (-0.6%)	$600 → $534 (-11.0%)

Grove City

Population

615858

Median household income

$49,375$49,922

Median home value

$78,200$133,000

Median gross rent

$830$825

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)

	Grove City	Kingston
Under 5	3.6%	12.6%
5 to 17	30.2%	21.4%
18 to 24	10.4%	6.3%
25 to 34	8.5%	18.9%
35 to 44	13.1%	19.9%
45 to 54	8.3%	4.4%
55 to 64	10.8%	4.9%
65 to 74	10.8%	8.7%
75 and over	4.3%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grove City	Kingston
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.8%	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	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grove City	Kingston
No high school diploma	4.2%	4.1%
High school graduate	36.7%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	49.1%	53.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grove City	Kingston
Drove alone	88.8%	96.9%
Carpooled	5.0%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grove City	Kingston
1-unit, detached	75.1%	86.8%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	13.2%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Grove City	Kingston
Poverty rate	18.3%	1.5%
Average household size	2.66	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	28	31
Median year structure built	1970	1952