Deep Run vs Kinston

A side-by-side comparison of Deep Run and Kinston: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kinston has the higher population (19,576 vs 548 in Deep Run). Deep Run has the higher median household income ($46,913 vs $35,250 in Kinston). Kinston has the higher median home value ($108,300 vs $65,900 in Deep Run).

Population, income & housing

	Deep Run	Kinston
Population	548	19,576
Median age	65.2 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$46,913	$35,250
Median home value	$65,900	$108,300
Median gross rent	$760	$822
Housing units	299	10,653
Homeownership rate	80.6%	42.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	13.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deep Run	Kinston
Population	537 → 548 (+2.0%)	20,398 → 19,576 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$67,045 → $46,913 (-30.0%)	$33,066 → $35,250 (+6.6%)
Median home value	$67,800 → $65,900 (-2.8%)	$101,800 → $108,300 (+6.4%)
Median gross rent	$715 → $760 (+6.3%)	$703 → $822 (+16.9%)

Deep Run

Population

537548

Median household income

$67,045$46,913

Median home value

$67,800$65,900

Median gross rent

$715$760

Kinston

Population

20,39819,576

Median household income

$33,066$35,250

Median home value

$101,800$108,300

Median gross rent

$703$822

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deep Run	Kinston
Under 5	1.3%	5.8%
5 to 17	19.2%	17.9%
18 to 24	1.6%	7.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	10.0%
35 to 44	13.0%	10.9%
45 to 54	3.5%	11.0%
55 to 64	10.4%	12.5%
65 to 74	16.1%	12.3%
75 and over	35.0%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deep Run	Kinston
White (non-Hispanic)	83.6%	23.9%
Black or African American	2.4%	65.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.9%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deep Run	Kinston
No high school diploma	16.4%	18.8%
High school graduate	28.6%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	45.2%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deep Run	Kinston
Drove alone	93.4%	79.6%
Carpooled	6.6%	14.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deep Run	Kinston
1-unit, detached	58.2%	61.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	41.8%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Deep Run	Kinston
Poverty rate	13.3%	28.9%
Average household size	1.80	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	17	20
Median year structure built	1983	1968