Kingston vs Westerly

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

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

Westerly has the higher population (18,528 vs 6,953 in Kingston). Westerly has the higher median household income ($82,333 vs $82,143 in Kingston). Kingston has the higher median home value ($493,500 vs $400,200 in Westerly).

Population, income & housing

	Kingston	Westerly
Population	6,953	18,528
Median age	19.6 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$82,143	$82,333
Median home value	$493,500	$400,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,243
Housing units	719	9,299
Homeownership rate	78.2%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	82.0%	38.0%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kingston	Westerly
Population	6,513 → 6,953 (+6.8%)	17,553 → 18,528 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$96,775 → $82,143 (-15.1%)	$66,909 → $82,333 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$355,900 → $493,500 (+38.7%)	$294,600 → $400,200 (+35.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,179 → $1,568 (+33.0%)	$999 → $1,243 (+24.4%)

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

Westerly

Population

17,55318,528

Median household income

$66,909$82,333

Median home value

$294,600$400,200

Median gross rent

$999$1,243

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kingston	Westerly
Under 5	0.8%	2.6%
5 to 17	6.3%	9.5%
18 to 24	76.9%	9.4%
25 to 34	1.5%	10.9%
35 to 44	3.0%	8.0%
45 to 54	5.8%	12.3%
55 to 64	1.8%	19.4%
65 to 74	1.4%	15.8%
75 and over	2.5%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kingston	Westerly
White (non-Hispanic)	81.8%	89.7%
Black or African American	4.3%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kingston	Westerly
No high school diploma	0.0%	5.9%
High school graduate	7.5%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	10.5%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	34.3%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	47.7%	16.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kingston	Westerly
Drove alone	45.9%	81.2%
Carpooled	5.3%	7.2%
Public transit	1.5%	1.0%
Walked	35.8%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	11.6%	7.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kingston	Westerly
1-unit, detached	81.4%	59.1%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	22.4%
5 to 19 units	15.3%	8.2%
20 or more units	1.7%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Kingston	Westerly
Poverty rate	3.1%	6.0%
Average household size	2.70	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	16	25
Median year structure built	1976	1972