Kingston vs Polo

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

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

Polo has the higher population (428 vs 286 in Kingston). Polo has the higher median household income ($48,750 vs $35,833 in Kingston). Polo has the higher median home value ($152,500 vs $67,900 in Kingston).

Population, income & housing

	Kingston	Polo
Population	286	428
Median age	41.7 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$35,833	$48,750
Median home value	$67,900	$152,500
Median gross rent	$563	$617
Housing units	120	252
Homeownership rate	66.3%	75.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.4%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kingston	Polo
Population	297 → 286 (-3.7%)	489 → 428 (-12.5%)
Median household income	$33,500 → $35,833 (+7.0%)	$43,125 → $48,750 (+13.0%)
Median home value	$59,200 → $67,900 (+14.7%)	$76,500 → $152,500 (+99.3%)
Median gross rent	$482 → $563 (+16.8%)	$517 → $617 (+19.3%)

Kingston

Population

297286

Median household income

$33,500$35,833

Median home value

$59,200$67,900

Median gross rent

$482$563

Polo

Population

489428

Median household income

$43,125$48,750

Median home value

$76,500$152,500

Median gross rent

$517$617

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kingston	Polo
Under 5	7.0%	6.8%
5 to 17	4.9%	21.5%
18 to 24	22.4%	6.1%
25 to 34	10.1%	18.7%
35 to 44	10.5%	10.5%
45 to 54	17.1%	9.1%
55 to 64	13.6%	13.1%
65 to 74	10.1%	8.6%
75 and over	4.2%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kingston	Polo
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	88.8%
Black or African American	9.1%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kingston	Polo
No high school diploma	7.4%	7.1%
High school graduate	53.2%	45.6%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	3.7%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kingston	Polo
Drove alone	79.3%	87.7%
Carpooled	12.0%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	1.0%
Other means	2.2%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kingston	Polo
1-unit, detached	72.5%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.0%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Kingston	Polo
Poverty rate	23.5%	11.9%
Average household size	1.92	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	29	35
Median year structure built	1974	1964