Kingstown vs Polkville

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

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

Polkville has the higher population (542 vs 499 in Kingstown). Polkville has the higher median household income ($66,607 vs $31,625 in Kingstown). Polkville has the higher median home value ($155,600 vs $87,100 in Kingstown).

Population, income & housing

	Kingstown	Polkville
Population	499	542
Median age	50.4 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$31,625	$66,607
Median home value	$87,100	$155,600
Median gross rent	$833	$1,014
Housing units	286	251
Homeownership rate	73.7%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.6%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	10.4%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kingstown	Polkville
Population	492 → 499 (+1.4%)	479 → 542 (+13.2%)
Median household income	$41,667 → $31,625 (-24.1%)	$40,000 → $66,607 (+66.5%)
Median home value	$83,300 → $87,100 (+4.6%)	$116,200 → $155,600 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$668 → $833 (+24.7%)	$839 → $1,014 (+20.9%)

Kingstown

Population

492499

Median household income

$41,667$31,625

Median home value

$83,300$87,100

Median gross rent

$668$833

Polkville

Population

479542

Median household income

$40,000$66,607

Median home value

$116,200$155,600

Median gross rent

$839$1,014

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kingstown	Polkville
Under 5	3.2%	5.2%
5 to 17	15.0%	15.9%
18 to 24	9.4%	4.1%
25 to 34	2.6%	18.3%
35 to 44	9.8%	11.3%
45 to 54	14.4%	12.9%
55 to 64	9.4%	14.4%
65 to 74	29.1%	9.4%
75 and over	7.0%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kingstown	Polkville
White (non-Hispanic)	11.6%	100.0%
Black or African American	85.2%	0.0%
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%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kingstown	Polkville
No high school diploma	13.9%	6.7%
High school graduate	47.9%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kingstown	Polkville
Drove alone	80.5%	82.6%
Carpooled	17.4%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.6%
Other means	2.1%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kingstown	Polkville
1-unit, detached	96.5%	72.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	21.5%

Poverty & households

	Kingstown	Polkville
Poverty rate	24.4%	18.5%
Average household size	2.02	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1975	1968