Hazleton vs Kingston

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

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

Hazleton has the higher population (29,886 vs 13,333 in Kingston). Kingston has the higher median household income ($53,885 vs $43,379 in Hazleton). Kingston has the higher median home value ($164,200 vs $129,000 in Hazleton).

Population, income & housing

	Hazleton	Kingston
Population	29,886	13,333
Median age	37.6 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$43,379	$53,885
Median home value	$129,000	$164,200
Median gross rent	$1,015	$960
Housing units	12,681	6,278
Homeownership rate	48.5%	50.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	32.6%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hazleton	Kingston
Population	24,857 → 29,886 (+20.2%)	12,873 → 13,333 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$40,467 → $43,379 (+7.2%)	$51,554 → $53,885 (+4.5%)
Median home value	$97,900 → $129,000 (+31.8%)	$130,800 → $164,200 (+25.5%)
Median gross rent	$812 → $1,015 (+25.0%)	$815 → $960 (+17.8%)

Hazleton

Population

24,85729,886

Median household income

$40,467$43,379

Median home value

$97,900$129,000

Median gross rent

$812$1,015

Kingston

Population

12,87313,333

Median household income

$51,554$53,885

Median home value

$130,800$164,200

Median gross rent

$815$960

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hazleton	Kingston
Under 5	6.4%	7.9%
5 to 17	17.3%	14.9%
18 to 24	10.6%	8.1%
25 to 34	12.4%	16.7%
35 to 44	12.2%	10.9%
45 to 54	14.3%	12.1%
55 to 64	11.9%	10.7%
65 to 74	6.9%	9.9%
75 and over	8.2%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hazleton	Kingston
White (non-Hispanic)	33.7%	80.7%
Black or African American	1.7%	9.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	1.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	63.1%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hazleton	Kingston
No high school diploma	25.0%	8.6%
High school graduate	37.7%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hazleton	Kingston
Drove alone	67.6%	71.0%
Carpooled	23.4%	9.8%
Public transit	2.1%	0.6%
Walked	2.3%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	3.0%	11.8%
Other means	1.6%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hazleton	Kingston
1-unit, detached	39.1%	50.3%
1-unit, attached	32.2%	14.8%
2 to 4 units	17.5%	20.8%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	7.3%
20 or more units	3.5%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Hazleton	Kingston
Poverty rate	27.0%	19.3%
Average household size	2.56	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1951	1951