Earl vs Kingstown

A side-by-side comparison of Earl and Kingstown: population, income, housing, and more.

Earl and Kingstown are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Kingstown has the higher population (499 vs 367 in Earl). Earl has the higher median household income ($42,287 vs $31,625 in Kingstown). Earl has the higher median home value ($160,900 vs $87,100 in Kingstown).

Population, income & housing

	Earl	Kingstown
Population	367	499
Median age	56.3 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$42,287	$31,625
Median home value	$160,900	$87,100
Median gross rent	$937	$833
Housing units	237	286
Homeownership rate	81.2%	73.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.7%	6.6%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	10.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Earl	Kingstown
Population	269 → 367 (+36.4%)	492 → 499 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $42,287 (-8.6%)	$41,667 → $31,625 (-24.1%)
Median home value	$86,700 → $160,900 (+85.6%)	$83,300 → $87,100 (+4.6%)
Median gross rent	$708 → $937 (+32.3%)	$668 → $833 (+24.7%)

Earl

Population

269367

Median household income

$46,250$42,287

Median home value

$86,700$160,900

Median gross rent

$708$937

Kingstown

Population

492499

Median household income

$41,667$31,625

Median home value

$83,300$87,100

Median gross rent

$668$833

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Earl	Kingstown
Under 5	1.6%	3.2%
5 to 17	8.4%	15.0%
18 to 24	9.5%	9.4%
25 to 34	10.4%	2.6%
35 to 44	10.6%	9.8%
45 to 54	3.5%	14.4%
55 to 64	37.3%	9.4%
65 to 74	15.0%	29.1%
75 and over	3.5%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Earl	Kingstown
White (non-Hispanic)	74.9%	11.6%
Black or African American	9.8%	85.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	13.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Earl	Kingstown
No high school diploma	8.8%	13.9%
High school graduate	51.9%	47.9%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.3%	4.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Earl	Kingstown
Drove alone	57.2%	80.5%
Carpooled	23.2%	17.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	19.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Earl	Kingstown
1-unit, detached	74.7%	96.5%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.5%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Earl	Kingstown
Poverty rate	15.0%	24.4%
Average household size	2.38	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	18	26
Median year structure built	1983	1975