Far Hills vs Kingston

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

Far Hills and Kingston are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Kingston has the higher population (1,557 vs 1,004 in Far Hills). Far Hills has the higher median household income ($152,188 vs $86,712 in Kingston). Far Hills has the higher median home value ($798,900 vs $380,200 in Kingston).

Population, income & housing

	Far Hills	Kingston
Population	1,004	1,557
Median age	49.7 yrs	48.2 yrs
Median household income	$152,188	$86,712
Median home value	$798,900	$380,200
Median gross rent	$1,495	$1,589
Housing units	435	816
Homeownership rate	82.7%	65.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.2%	63.8%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Far Hills	Kingston
Population	860 → 1,004 (+16.7%)	1,184 → 1,557 (+31.5%)
Median household income	$127,639 → $152,188 (+19.2%)	$59,716 → $86,712 (+45.2%)
Median home value	$789,100 → $798,900 (+1.2%)	$359,900 → $380,200 (+5.6%)
Median gross rent	$2,167 → $1,495 (-31.0%)	$1,661 → $1,589 (-4.3%)

Far Hills

Population

8601,004

Median household income

$127,639$152,188

Median home value

$789,100$798,900

Median gross rent

$2,167$1,495

Kingston

Population

1,1841,557

Median household income

$59,716$86,712

Median home value

$359,900$380,200

Median gross rent

$1,661$1,589

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Far Hills	Kingston
Under 5	1.5%	2.0%
5 to 17	14.9%	19.3%
18 to 24	7.1%	0.7%
25 to 34	4.3%	7.6%
35 to 44	12.2%	7.0%
45 to 54	18.5%	31.2%
55 to 64	16.6%	12.1%
65 to 74	16.5%	17.1%
75 and over	8.4%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Far Hills	Kingston
White (non-Hispanic)	77.5%	82.2%
Black or African American	1.5%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.9%	10.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	13.2%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Far Hills	Kingston
No high school diploma	1.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	21.6%	12.9%
Some college or associate's	18.0%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	28.0%	30.4%
Graduate or professional degree	31.3%	33.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Far Hills	Kingston
Drove alone	68.0%	66.6%
Carpooled	6.5%	0.4%
Public transit	2.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	4.9%
Worked from home	20.8%	27.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Far Hills	Kingston
1-unit, detached	60.7%	63.2%
1-unit, attached	24.6%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	24.4%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Far Hills	Kingston
Poverty rate	5.3%	2.8%
Average household size	2.41	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	33	34
Median year structure built	1989	1958