Hamilton vs Kingston

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

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

Hamilton has the higher population (1,909 vs 286 in Kingston). Hamilton has the higher median household income ($56,548 vs $35,833 in Kingston). Hamilton has the higher median home value ($139,200 vs $67,900 in Kingston).

Population, income & housing

	Hamilton	Kingston
Population	1,909	286
Median age	35.2 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$56,548	$35,833
Median home value	$139,200	$67,900
Median gross rent	$614	$563
Housing units	797	120
Homeownership rate	64.6%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	7.4%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hamilton	Kingston
Population	1,893 → 1,909 (+0.8%)	297 → 286 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$42,891 → $56,548 (+31.8%)	$33,500 → $35,833 (+7.0%)
Median home value	$87,400 → $139,200 (+59.3%)	$59,200 → $67,900 (+14.7%)
Median gross rent	$656 → $614 (-6.4%)	$482 → $563 (+16.8%)

Hamilton

Population

1,8931,909

Median household income

$42,891$56,548

Median home value

$87,400$139,200

Median gross rent

$656$614

Kingston

Population

297286

Median household income

$33,500$35,833

Median home value

$59,200$67,900

Median gross rent

$482$563

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hamilton	Kingston
Under 5	6.4%	7.0%
5 to 17	23.6%	4.9%
18 to 24	5.7%	22.4%
25 to 34	13.8%	10.1%
35 to 44	16.1%	10.5%
45 to 54	8.0%	17.1%
55 to 64	9.9%	13.6%
65 to 74	8.4%	10.1%
75 and over	8.1%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hamilton	Kingston
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	86.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	9.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hamilton	Kingston
No high school diploma	7.8%	7.4%
High school graduate	38.0%	53.2%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	3.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hamilton	Kingston
Drove alone	75.7%	79.3%
Carpooled	10.1%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	6.5%
Other means	2.5%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hamilton	Kingston
1-unit, detached	70.6%	72.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	14.8%	15.0%

Poverty & households

	Hamilton	Kingston
Poverty rate	13.4%	23.5%
Average household size	2.60	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1968	1974