Kingston vs Pittston

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

Kingston and Pittston 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 7,618 in Pittston). Kingston has the higher median household income ($53,885 vs $47,525 in Pittston). Kingston has the higher median home value ($164,200 vs $114,900 in Pittston).

Population, income & housing

	Kingston	Pittston
Population	13,333	7,618
Median age	36.8 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$53,885	$47,525
Median home value	$164,200	$114,900
Median gross rent	$960	$755
Housing units	6,278	3,951
Homeownership rate	50.8%	48.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.6%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kingston	Pittston
Population	12,873 → 13,333 (+3.6%)	7,765 → 7,618 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$51,554 → $53,885 (+4.5%)	$37,536 → $47,525 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$130,800 → $164,200 (+25.5%)	$92,400 → $114,900 (+24.4%)
Median gross rent	$815 → $960 (+17.8%)	$742 → $755 (+1.8%)

Kingston

Population

12,87313,333

Median household income

$51,554$53,885

Median home value

$130,800$164,200

Median gross rent

$815$960

Pittston

Population

7,7657,618

Median household income

$37,536$47,525

Median home value

$92,400$114,900

Median gross rent

$742$755

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kingston	Pittston
Under 5	7.9%	4.9%
5 to 17	14.9%	14.2%
18 to 24	8.1%	6.4%
25 to 34	16.7%	21.8%
35 to 44	10.9%	8.6%
45 to 54	12.1%	10.3%
55 to 64	10.7%	14.8%
65 to 74	9.9%	10.8%
75 and over	8.8%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kingston	Pittston
White (non-Hispanic)	80.7%	82.4%
Black or African American	9.5%	5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.3%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	8.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kingston	Pittston
No high school diploma	8.6%	5.9%
High school graduate	29.0%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kingston	Pittston
Drove alone	71.0%	78.4%
Carpooled	9.8%	9.3%
Public transit	0.6%	1.5%
Walked	3.3%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.5%
Worked from home	11.8%	6.2%
Other means	3.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kingston	Pittston
1-unit, detached	50.3%	46.3%
1-unit, attached	14.8%	17.5%
2 to 4 units	20.8%	19.5%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	4.4%
20 or more units	6.8%	11.9%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Kingston	Pittston
Poverty rate	19.3%	22.7%
Average household size	2.28	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1951	1946