Kingston vs Wilkes-Barre

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

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

Wilkes-Barre has the higher population (44,217 vs 13,333 in Kingston). Kingston has the higher median household income ($53,885 vs $47,970 in Wilkes-Barre). Kingston has the higher median home value ($164,200 vs $108,000 in Wilkes-Barre).

Population, income & housing

	Kingston	Wilkes-Barre
Population	13,333	44,217
Median age	36.8 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$53,885	$47,970
Median home value	$164,200	$108,000
Median gross rent	$960	$939
Housing units	6,278	19,993
Homeownership rate	50.8%	48.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.6%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kingston	Wilkes-Barre
Population	12,873 → 13,333 (+3.6%)	40,867 → 44,217 (+8.2%)
Median household income	$51,554 → $53,885 (+4.5%)	$37,902 → $47,970 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$130,800 → $164,200 (+25.5%)	$75,100 → $108,000 (+43.8%)
Median gross rent	$815 → $960 (+17.8%)	$766 → $939 (+22.6%)

Kingston

Population

12,87313,333

Median household income

$51,554$53,885

Median home value

$130,800$164,200

Median gross rent

$815$960

Wilkes-Barre

Population

40,86744,217

Median household income

$37,902$47,970

Median home value

$75,100$108,000

Median gross rent

$766$939

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kingston	Wilkes-Barre
Under 5	7.9%	5.9%
5 to 17	14.9%	15.9%
18 to 24	8.1%	13.5%
25 to 34	16.7%	14.3%
35 to 44	10.9%	14.0%
45 to 54	12.1%	9.9%
55 to 64	10.7%	11.1%
65 to 74	9.9%	8.6%
75 and over	8.8%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kingston	Wilkes-Barre
White (non-Hispanic)	80.7%	51.9%
Black or African American	9.5%	11.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.5%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	30.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kingston	Wilkes-Barre
No high school diploma	8.6%	15.0%
High school graduate	29.0%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kingston	Wilkes-Barre
Drove alone	71.0%	70.4%
Carpooled	9.8%	11.3%
Public transit	0.6%	2.3%
Walked	3.3%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	11.8%	7.4%
Other means	3.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kingston	Wilkes-Barre
1-unit, detached	50.3%	51.0%
1-unit, attached	14.8%	13.1%
2 to 4 units	20.8%	16.5%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	6.4%
20 or more units	6.8%	12.7%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Kingston	Wilkes-Barre
Poverty rate	19.3%	21.1%
Average household size	2.28	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1951	1943