Kingston vs New Paltz

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

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

Kingston has the higher population (23,942 vs 8,028 in New Paltz). Kingston has the higher median household income ($65,413 vs $59,375 in New Paltz). New Paltz has the higher median home value ($397,800 vs $277,900 in Kingston).

Population, income & housing

	Kingston	New Paltz
Population	23,942	8,028
Median age	36.8 yrs	21.6 yrs
Median household income	$65,413	$59,375
Median home value	$277,900	$397,800
Median gross rent	$1,323	$1,630
Housing units	11,049	2,519
Homeownership rate	48.5%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.6%	69.8%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	10.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kingston	New Paltz
Population	23,070 → 23,942 (+3.8%)	7,165 → 8,028 (+12.0%)
Median household income	$51,299 → $65,413 (+27.5%)	$46,475 → $59,375 (+27.8%)
Median home value	$177,500 → $277,900 (+56.6%)	$274,800 → $397,800 (+44.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,050 → $1,323 (+26.0%)	$1,399 → $1,630 (+16.5%)

Kingston

Population

23,07023,942

Median household income

$51,299$65,413

Median home value

$177,500$277,900

Median gross rent

$1,050$1,323

New Paltz

Population

7,1658,028

Median household income

$46,475$59,375

Median home value

$274,800$397,800

Median gross rent

$1,399$1,630

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kingston	New Paltz
Under 5	6.7%	1.6%
5 to 17	14.7%	7.1%
18 to 24	7.7%	59.8%
25 to 34	18.3%	8.1%
35 to 44	13.6%	4.0%
45 to 54	11.9%	6.4%
55 to 64	11.0%	3.6%
65 to 74	9.0%	3.9%
75 and over	7.2%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kingston	New Paltz
White (non-Hispanic)	61.2%	67.7%
Black or African American	14.1%	6.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.8%	6.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.3%	1.8%
Two or more races	5.5%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	17.1%	12.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kingston	New Paltz
No high school diploma	13.2%	1.2%
High school graduate	26.9%	16.4%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	12.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	33.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	35.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kingston	New Paltz
Drove alone	71.2%	52.7%
Carpooled	7.3%	8.2%
Public transit	1.8%	2.0%
Walked	2.7%	23.5%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	12.7%
Other means	2.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kingston	New Paltz
1-unit, detached	44.2%	27.0%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	30.7%	24.7%
5 to 19 units	15.1%	31.7%
20 or more units	6.6%	11.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kingston	New Paltz
Poverty rate	19.1%	36.4%
Average household size	2.32	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1938	1972