Ashaway vs Kingston

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

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

Kingston has the higher population (6,953 vs 1,682 in Ashaway). Ashaway has the higher median household income ($101,165 vs $82,143 in Kingston). Kingston has the higher median home value ($493,500 vs $305,600 in Ashaway).

Population, income & housing

	Ashaway	Kingston
Population	1,682	6,953
Median age	38.6 yrs	19.6 yrs
Median household income	$101,165	$82,143
Median home value	$305,600	$493,500
Median gross rent	$1,318	—
Housing units	654	719
Homeownership rate	69.3%	78.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	82.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashaway	Kingston
Population	1,195 → 1,682 (+40.8%)	6,513 → 6,953 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$104,337 → $101,165 (-3.0%)	$96,775 → $82,143 (-15.1%)
Median home value	$232,000 → $305,600 (+31.7%)	$355,900 → $493,500 (+38.7%)
Median gross rent	$970 → $1,318 (+35.9%)	$1,179 → $1,568 (+33.0%)

Ashaway

Population

1,1951,682

Median household income

$104,337$101,165

Median home value

$232,000$305,600

Median gross rent

$970$1,318

Kingston

Population

6,5136,953

Median household income

$96,775$82,143

Median home value

$355,900$493,500

Median gross rent

$1,179$1,568

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashaway	Kingston
Under 5	5.2%	0.8%
5 to 17	22.5%	6.3%
18 to 24	12.1%	76.9%
25 to 34	5.8%	1.5%
35 to 44	10.9%	3.0%
45 to 54	19.4%	5.8%
55 to 64	14.8%	1.8%
65 to 74	7.2%	1.4%
75 and over	2.0%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashaway	Kingston
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	81.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.3%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashaway	Kingston
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	34.5%	7.5%
Some college or associate's	41.4%	10.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	34.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	47.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashaway	Kingston
Drove alone	95.7%	45.9%
Carpooled	0.8%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.5%
Walked	0.4%	35.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	11.6%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashaway	Kingston
1-unit, detached	91.3%	81.4%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	15.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ashaway	Kingston
Poverty rate	0.6%	3.1%
Average household size	2.69	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	23	16
Median year structure built	1948	1976