Kinston vs Pink Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Kinston and Pink Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

Kinston and Pink Hill 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 470 in Pink Hill). Pink Hill has the higher median household income ($42,670 vs $35,250 in Kinston). Kinston has the higher median home value ($108,300 vs $69,000 in Pink Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Kinston	Pink Hill
Population	19,576	470
Median age	42.9 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$35,250	$42,670
Median home value	$108,300	$69,000
Median gross rent	$822	$721
Housing units	10,653	280
Homeownership rate	42.2%	54.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	11.8%
Unemployment rate	13.2%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kinston	Pink Hill
Population	20,398 → 19,576 (-4.0%)	557 → 470 (-15.6%)
Median household income	$33,066 → $35,250 (+6.6%)	$34,375 → $42,670 (+24.1%)
Median home value	$101,800 → $108,300 (+6.4%)	$61,500 → $69,000 (+12.2%)
Median gross rent	$703 → $822 (+16.9%)	$496 → $721 (+45.4%)

Kinston

Population

20,39819,576

Median household income

$33,066$35,250

Median home value

$101,800$108,300

Median gross rent

$703$822

Pink Hill

Population

557470

Median household income

$34,375$42,670

Median home value

$61,500$69,000

Median gross rent

$496$721

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kinston	Pink Hill
Under 5	5.8%	2.3%
5 to 17	17.9%	11.7%
18 to 24	7.8%	8.3%
25 to 34	10.0%	13.6%
35 to 44	10.9%	4.9%
45 to 54	11.0%	23.4%
55 to 64	12.5%	20.4%
65 to 74	12.3%	8.9%
75 and over	11.8%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kinston	Pink Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	23.9%	58.7%
Black or African American	65.8%	10.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	2.6%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	23.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kinston	Pink Hill
No high school diploma	18.8%	24.9%
High school graduate	34.6%	41.9%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kinston	Pink Hill
Drove alone	79.6%	87.5%
Carpooled	14.2%	7.3%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	1.7%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kinston	Pink Hill
1-unit, detached	61.1%	55.4%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	13.0%	9.3%
20 or more units	6.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	30.7%

Poverty & households

	Kinston	Pink Hill
Poverty rate	28.9%	32.1%
Average household size	2.13	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	20	26
Median year structure built	1968	1967