Kingstown vs Waco

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

Kingstown and Waco 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 216 in Waco). Kingstown has the higher median household income ($31,625 vs $31,250 in Waco). Waco has the higher median home value ($93,100 vs $87,100 in Kingstown).

Population, income & housing

	Kingstown	Waco
Population	499	216
Median age	50.4 yrs	55.3 yrs
Median household income	$31,625	$31,250
Median home value	$87,100	$93,100
Median gross rent	$833	$1,077
Housing units	286	128
Homeownership rate	73.7%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.6%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	10.4%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kingstown	Waco
Population	492 → 499 (+1.4%)	344 → 216 (-37.2%)
Median household income	$41,667 → $31,625 (-24.1%)	$47,614 → $31,250 (-34.4%)
Median home value	$83,300 → $87,100 (+4.6%)	$104,600 → $93,100 (-11.0%)
Median gross rent	$668 → $833 (+24.7%)	$721 → $1,077 (+49.4%)

Kingstown

Population

492499

Median household income

$41,667$31,625

Median home value

$83,300$87,100

Median gross rent

$668$833

Waco

Population

344216

Median household income

$47,614$31,250

Median home value

$104,600$93,100

Median gross rent

$721$1,077

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kingstown	Waco
Under 5	3.2%	4.6%
5 to 17	15.0%	4.6%
18 to 24	9.4%	1.4%
25 to 34	2.6%	15.3%
35 to 44	9.8%	9.7%
45 to 54	14.4%	13.4%
55 to 64	9.4%	12.0%
65 to 74	29.1%	21.8%
75 and over	7.0%	17.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kingstown	Waco
White (non-Hispanic)	11.6%	91.7%
Black or African American	85.2%	7.9%
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%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kingstown	Waco
No high school diploma	13.9%	18.1%
High school graduate	47.9%	45.1%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	4.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kingstown	Waco
Drove alone	80.5%	72.5%
Carpooled	17.4%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	24.6%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kingstown	Waco
1-unit, detached	96.5%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	30.5%

Poverty & households

	Kingstown	Waco
Poverty rate	24.4%	12.0%
Average household size	2.02	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1975	1970