Kingston vs Wakefield-Peace Dale

A side-by-side comparison of Kingston and Wakefield-Peace Dale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wakefield-Peace Dale has the higher population (9,812 vs 6,953 in Kingston). Wakefield-Peace Dale has the higher median household income ($111,200 vs $82,143 in Kingston). Kingston has the higher median home value ($493,500 vs $464,400 in Wakefield-Peace Dale).

Population, income & housing

	Kingston	Wakefield-Peace Dale
Population	6,953	9,812
Median age	19.6 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$82,143	$111,200
Median home value	$493,500	$464,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,196
Housing units	719	4,480
Homeownership rate	78.2%	68.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	82.0%	59.8%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kingston	Wakefield-Peace Dale
Population	6,513 → 6,953 (+6.8%)	9,772 → 9,812 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$96,775 → $82,143 (-15.1%)	$87,684 → $111,200 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$355,900 → $493,500 (+38.7%)	$343,500 → $464,400 (+35.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,179 → $1,568 (+33.0%)	$903 → $1,196 (+32.4%)

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

Wakefield-Peace Dale

Population

9,7729,812

Median household income

$87,684$111,200

Median home value

$343,500$464,400

Median gross rent

$903$1,196

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kingston	Wakefield-Peace Dale
Under 5	0.8%	6.2%
5 to 17	6.3%	12.7%
18 to 24	76.9%	7.2%
25 to 34	1.5%	17.8%
35 to 44	3.0%	11.5%
45 to 54	5.8%	8.0%
55 to 64	1.8%	15.3%
65 to 74	1.4%	13.0%
75 and over	2.5%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kingston	Wakefield-Peace Dale
White (non-Hispanic)	81.8%	85.6%
Black or African American	4.3%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	1.5%
Asian	2.6%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kingston	Wakefield-Peace Dale
No high school diploma	0.0%	6.0%
High school graduate	7.5%	13.1%
Some college or associate's	10.5%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	34.3%	32.9%
Graduate or professional degree	47.7%	26.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kingston	Wakefield-Peace Dale
Drove alone	45.9%	77.8%
Carpooled	5.3%	7.6%
Public transit	1.5%	1.1%
Walked	35.8%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	11.6%	12.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kingston	Wakefield-Peace Dale
1-unit, detached	81.4%	67.9%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.5%
5 to 19 units	15.3%	5.6%
20 or more units	1.7%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Kingston	Wakefield-Peace Dale
Poverty rate	3.1%	6.7%
Average household size	2.70	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	16	22
Median year structure built	1976	1970