Chillicothe vs Kingston

A side-by-side comparison of Chillicothe and Kingston: population, income, housing, and more.

Chillicothe and Kingston are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Chillicothe has the higher population (21,958 vs 837 in Kingston). Chillicothe has the higher median household income ($49,193 vs $40,609 in Kingston). Chillicothe has the higher median home value ($145,900 vs $138,700 in Kingston).

Population, income & housing

	Chillicothe	Kingston
Population	21,958	837
Median age	41.7 yrs	52.8 yrs
Median household income	$49,193	$40,609
Median home value	$145,900	$138,700
Median gross rent	$842	$667
Housing units	10,820	528
Homeownership rate	60.8%	61.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chillicothe	Kingston
Population	21,719 → 21,958 (+1.1%)	1,132 → 837 (-26.1%)
Median household income	$44,323 → $49,193 (+11.0%)	$41,855 → $40,609 (-3.0%)
Median home value	$116,800 → $145,900 (+24.9%)	$102,900 → $138,700 (+34.8%)
Median gross rent	$761 → $842 (+10.6%)	$732 → $667 (-8.9%)

Chillicothe

Population

21,71921,958

Median household income

$44,323$49,193

Median home value

$116,800$145,900

Median gross rent

$761$842

Kingston

Population

1,132837

Median household income

$41,855$40,609

Median home value

$102,900$138,700

Median gross rent

$732$667

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chillicothe	Kingston
Under 5	6.6%	1.3%
5 to 17	13.1%	12.5%
18 to 24	7.8%	3.3%
25 to 34	12.3%	14.5%
35 to 44	13.8%	7.9%
45 to 54	12.0%	20.0%
55 to 64	12.5%	14.7%
65 to 74	13.3%	10.4%
75 and over	8.4%	15.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chillicothe	Kingston
White (non-Hispanic)	84.0%	95.3%
Black or African American	8.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chillicothe	Kingston
No high school diploma	7.8%	5.2%
High school graduate	40.9%	57.0%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chillicothe	Kingston
Drove alone	81.4%	94.6%
Carpooled	8.8%	3.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	2.4%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chillicothe	Kingston
1-unit, detached	71.3%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	7.8%
20 or more units	5.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	10.4%

Poverty & households

	Chillicothe	Kingston
Poverty rate	20.1%	22.6%
Average household size	2.17	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1955	1965