Kingston vs Nanticoke

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

Kingston and Nanticoke 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 10,610 in Nanticoke). Nanticoke has the higher median household income ($60,340 vs $53,885 in Kingston). Kingston has the higher median home value ($164,200 vs $103,800 in Nanticoke).

Population, income & housing

	Kingston	Nanticoke
Population	13,333	10,610
Median age	36.8 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$53,885	$60,340
Median home value	$164,200	$103,800
Median gross rent	$960	$787
Housing units	6,278	5,109
Homeownership rate	50.8%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.6%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kingston	Nanticoke
Population	12,873 → 13,333 (+3.6%)	10,304 → 10,610 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$51,554 → $53,885 (+4.5%)	$42,735 → $60,340 (+41.2%)
Median home value	$130,800 → $164,200 (+25.5%)	$80,300 → $103,800 (+29.3%)
Median gross rent	$815 → $960 (+17.8%)	$667 → $787 (+18.0%)

Kingston

Population

12,87313,333

Median household income

$51,554$53,885

Median home value

$130,800$164,200

Median gross rent

$815$960

Nanticoke

Population

10,30410,610

Median household income

$42,735$60,340

Median home value

$80,300$103,800

Median gross rent

$667$787

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kingston	Nanticoke
Under 5	7.9%	5.6%
5 to 17	14.9%	15.1%
18 to 24	8.1%	8.4%
25 to 34	16.7%	14.2%
35 to 44	10.9%	12.3%
45 to 54	12.1%	13.7%
55 to 64	10.7%	12.5%
65 to 74	9.9%	11.5%
75 and over	8.8%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kingston	Nanticoke
White (non-Hispanic)	80.7%	78.9%
Black or African American	9.5%	8.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	10.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kingston	Nanticoke
No high school diploma	8.6%	12.9%
High school graduate	29.0%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kingston	Nanticoke
Drove alone	71.0%	73.6%
Carpooled	9.8%	14.8%
Public transit	0.6%	0.8%
Walked	3.3%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	7.0%
Other means	3.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kingston	Nanticoke
1-unit, detached	50.3%	55.2%
1-unit, attached	14.8%	18.3%
2 to 4 units	20.8%	16.3%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	4.1%
20 or more units	6.8%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Kingston	Nanticoke
Poverty rate	19.3%	17.7%
Average household size	2.28	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1951	1945