Kingston vs Saugerties

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

Kingston and Saugerties 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 3,877 in Saugerties). Kingston has the higher median household income ($65,413 vs $45,213 in Saugerties). Saugerties has the higher median home value ($314,500 vs $277,900 in Kingston).

Population, income & housing

	Kingston	Saugerties
Population	23,942	3,877
Median age	36.8 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$65,413	$45,213
Median home value	$277,900	$314,500
Median gross rent	$1,323	$1,131
Housing units	11,049	2,026
Homeownership rate	48.5%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.6%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kingston	Saugerties
Population	23,070 → 23,942 (+3.8%)	3,847 → 3,877 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$51,299 → $65,413 (+27.5%)	$39,631 → $45,213 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$177,500 → $277,900 (+56.6%)	$233,300 → $314,500 (+34.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,050 → $1,323 (+26.0%)	$956 → $1,131 (+18.3%)

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

Saugerties

Population

3,8473,877

Median household income

$39,631$45,213

Median home value

$233,300$314,500

Median gross rent

$956$1,131

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kingston	Saugerties
Under 5	6.7%	3.2%
5 to 17	14.7%	15.7%
18 to 24	7.7%	8.4%
25 to 34	18.3%	11.4%
35 to 44	13.6%	11.6%
45 to 54	11.9%	8.6%
55 to 64	11.0%	17.5%
65 to 74	9.0%	11.8%
75 and over	7.2%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kingston	Saugerties
White (non-Hispanic)	61.2%	80.2%
Black or African American	14.1%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	1.8%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.5%	10.7%
Hispanic or Latino	17.1%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kingston	Saugerties
No high school diploma	13.2%	12.9%
High school graduate	26.9%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kingston	Saugerties
Drove alone	71.2%	75.5%
Carpooled	7.3%	8.0%
Public transit	1.8%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	8.7%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	7.8%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kingston	Saugerties
1-unit, detached	44.2%	35.9%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	30.7%	29.4%
5 to 19 units	15.1%	15.3%
20 or more units	6.6%	17.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kingston	Saugerties
Poverty rate	19.1%	16.4%
Average household size	2.32	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1938	1938