Kingstown vs Light Oak

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

Kingstown and Light Oak 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 321 in Light Oak). Light Oak has the higher median household income ($59,583 vs $31,625 in Kingstown). Both have a median home value of $87,100.

Population, income & housing

	Kingstown	Light Oak
Population	499	321
Median age	50.4 yrs	57.5 yrs
Median household income	$31,625	$59,583
Median home value	$87,100	$87,100
Median gross rent	$833	—
Housing units	286	242
Homeownership rate	73.7%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.6%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	10.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kingstown	Light Oak
Population	492 → 499 (+1.4%)	1,140 → 321 (-71.8%)
Median household income	$41,667 → $31,625 (-24.1%)	—
Median home value	$83,300 → $87,100 (+4.6%)	$67,500 → $87,100 (+29.0%)
Median gross rent	$668 → $833 (+24.7%)	—

Kingstown

Population

492499

Median household income

$41,667$31,625

Median home value

$83,300$87,100

Median gross rent

$668$833

Light Oak

Population

1,140321

Median home value

$67,500$87,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kingstown	Light Oak
Under 5	3.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.0%	11.8%
18 to 24	9.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	2.6%	0.0%
35 to 44	9.8%	19.9%
45 to 54	14.4%	0.0%
55 to 64	9.4%	36.1%
65 to 74	29.1%	32.1%
75 and over	7.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kingstown	Light Oak
White (non-Hispanic)	11.6%	0.0%
Black or African American	85.2%	68.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	3.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	31.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kingstown	Light Oak
No high school diploma	13.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	47.9%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kingstown	Light Oak
Drove alone	80.5%	100.0%
Carpooled	17.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kingstown	Light Oak
1-unit, detached	96.5%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	3.5%	24.0%

Poverty & households

	Kingstown	Light Oak
Poverty rate	24.4%	28.0%
Average household size	2.02	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	26	—
Median year structure built	1975	1983