Kingston vs Mountain Top

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

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

Kingston has the higher population (13,333 vs 11,856 in Mountain Top). Mountain Top has the higher median household income ($105,286 vs $53,885 in Kingston). Mountain Top has the higher median home value ($274,600 vs $164,200 in Kingston).

Population, income & housing

	Kingston	Mountain Top
Population	13,333	11,856
Median age	36.8 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$53,885	$105,286
Median home value	$164,200	$274,600
Median gross rent	$960	$843
Housing units	6,278	4,577
Homeownership rate	50.8%	89.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.6%	44.6%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kingston	Mountain Top
Population	12,873 → 13,333 (+3.6%)	11,489 → 11,856 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$51,554 → $53,885 (+4.5%)	$85,560 → $105,286 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$130,800 → $164,200 (+25.5%)	$211,800 → $274,600 (+29.7%)
Median gross rent	$815 → $960 (+17.8%)	$714 → $843 (+18.1%)

Kingston

Population

12,87313,333

Median household income

$51,554$53,885

Median home value

$130,800$164,200

Median gross rent

$815$960

Mountain Top

Population

11,48911,856

Median household income

$85,560$105,286

Median home value

$211,800$274,600

Median gross rent

$714$843

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kingston	Mountain Top
Under 5	7.9%	3.7%
5 to 17	14.9%	21.6%
18 to 24	8.1%	6.1%
25 to 34	16.7%	6.3%
35 to 44	10.9%	13.8%
45 to 54	12.1%	19.0%
55 to 64	10.7%	12.1%
65 to 74	9.9%	12.1%
75 and over	8.8%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kingston	Mountain Top
White (non-Hispanic)	80.7%	88.0%
Black or African American	9.5%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.5%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kingston	Mountain Top
No high school diploma	8.6%	3.9%
High school graduate	29.0%	21.9%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	17.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kingston	Mountain Top
Drove alone	71.0%	74.9%
Carpooled	9.8%	8.0%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	16.5%
Other means	3.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kingston	Mountain Top
1-unit, detached	50.3%	84.7%
1-unit, attached	14.8%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	20.8%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	0.4%
20 or more units	6.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Kingston	Mountain Top
Poverty rate	19.3%	8.2%
Average household size	2.28	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1951	1985