Kings Park West vs Newington

A side-by-side comparison of Kings Park West and Newington: population, income, housing, and more.

Kings Park West and Newington are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Newington has the higher population (13,824 vs 13,281 in Kings Park West). Kings Park West has the higher median household income ($162,007 vs $146,681 in Newington). Kings Park West has the higher median home value ($679,700 vs $560,900 in Newington).

Population, income & housing

	Kings Park West	Newington
Population	13,281	13,824
Median age	41.5 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$162,007	$146,681
Median home value	$679,700	$560,900
Median gross rent	$2,400	$2,662
Housing units	4,378	4,770
Homeownership rate	85.8%	88.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.3%	59.7%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kings Park West	Newington
Population	14,227 → 13,281 (-6.6%)	13,196 → 13,824 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$141,789 → $162,007 (+14.3%)	$135,843 → $146,681 (+8.0%)
Median home value	$574,400 → $679,700 (+18.3%)	$455,800 → $560,900 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,415 → $2,400 (-0.6%)	$2,221 → $2,662 (+19.9%)

Kings Park West

Population

14,22713,281

Median household income

$141,789$162,007

Median home value

$574,400$679,700

Median gross rent

$2,415$2,400

Newington

Population

13,19613,824

Median household income

$135,843$146,681

Median home value

$455,800$560,900

Median gross rent

$2,221$2,662

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kings Park West	Newington
Under 5	4.7%	5.4%
5 to 17	14.8%	16.2%
18 to 24	11.6%	8.3%
25 to 34	12.1%	14.6%
35 to 44	10.6%	14.3%
45 to 54	15.2%	12.1%
55 to 64	13.4%	14.5%
65 to 74	10.3%	9.3%
75 and over	7.2%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kings Park West	Newington
White (non-Hispanic)	60.5%	44.1%
Black or African American	5.7%	16.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	17.7%	14.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.7%	19.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kings Park West	Newington
No high school diploma	3.2%	6.0%
High school graduate	13.4%	11.6%
Some college or associate's	19.1%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	34.3%	31.6%
Graduate or professional degree	30.0%	28.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kings Park West	Newington
Drove alone	61.3%	60.4%
Carpooled	5.9%	6.7%
Public transit	4.3%	4.1%
Walked	3.2%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.4%	26.0%
Other means	1.5%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kings Park West	Newington
1-unit, detached	66.4%	39.5%
1-unit, attached	33.3%	58.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kings Park West	Newington
Poverty rate	8.8%	2.4%
Average household size	3.03	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	32	30
Median year structure built	1976	1981