Hope Valley vs Kingston

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

Hope Valley 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 2,147 in Hope Valley). Hope Valley has the higher median household income ($98,481 vs $82,143 in Kingston). Kingston has the higher median home value ($493,500 vs $424,100 in Hope Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Hope Valley	Kingston
Population	2,147	6,953
Median age	41.8 yrs	19.6 yrs
Median household income	$98,481	$82,143
Median home value	$424,100	$493,500
Median gross rent	$1,393	—
Housing units	779	719
Homeownership rate	81.3%	78.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	82.0%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hope Valley	Kingston
Population	1,823 → 2,147 (+17.8%)	6,513 → 6,953 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$79,931 → $98,481 (+23.2%)	$96,775 → $82,143 (-15.1%)
Median home value	$254,600 → $424,100 (+66.6%)	$355,900 → $493,500 (+38.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,375 → $1,393 (+1.3%)	$1,179 → $1,568 (+33.0%)

Hope Valley

Population

1,8232,147

Median household income

$79,931$98,481

Median home value

$254,600$424,100

Median gross rent

$1,375$1,393

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)

	Hope Valley	Kingston
Under 5	2.2%	0.8%
5 to 17	14.2%	6.3%
18 to 24	9.0%	76.9%
25 to 34	5.4%	1.5%
35 to 44	22.5%	3.0%
45 to 54	6.0%	5.8%
55 to 64	22.4%	1.8%
65 to 74	13.7%	1.4%
75 and over	4.5%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hope Valley	Kingston
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	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	3.4%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hope Valley	Kingston
No high school diploma	17.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	22.7%	7.5%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	10.5%
Bachelor's degree	24.5%	34.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	47.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hope Valley	Kingston
Drove alone	93.6%	45.9%
Carpooled	1.6%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.5%
Walked	0.0%	35.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	11.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hope Valley	Kingston
1-unit, detached	74.5%	81.4%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	21.6%	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

	Hope Valley	Kingston
Poverty rate	6.1%	3.1%
Average household size	2.75	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	31	16
Median year structure built	1981	1976