Burley vs Kingston

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

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

Kingston has the higher population (2,585 vs 2,516 in Burley). Kingston has the higher median household income ($99,345 vs $96,897 in Burley). Burley has the higher median home value ($651,900 vs $448,600 in Kingston).

Population, income & housing

	Burley	Kingston
Population	2,516	2,585
Median age	44.5 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$96,897	$99,345
Median home value	$651,900	$448,600
Median gross rent	$2,050	$1,338
Housing units	942	1,030
Homeownership rate	76.6%	60.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.9%	42.2%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burley	Kingston
Population	2,304 → 2,516 (+9.2%)	2,193 → 2,585 (+17.9%)
Median household income	$78,042 → $96,897 (+24.2%)	$64,423 → $99,345 (+54.2%)
Median home value	$316,100 → $651,900 (+106.2%)	$351,900 → $448,600 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,324 → $2,050 (+54.8%)	$1,277 → $1,338 (+4.8%)

Burley

Population

2,3042,516

Median household income

$78,042$96,897

Median home value

$316,100$651,900

Median gross rent

$1,324$2,050

Kingston

Population

2,1932,585

Median household income

$64,423$99,345

Median home value

$351,900$448,600

Median gross rent

$1,277$1,338

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burley	Kingston
Under 5	2.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	20.9%	11.3%
18 to 24	5.2%	11.7%
25 to 34	11.8%	13.5%
35 to 44	9.9%	16.6%
45 to 54	9.1%	8.1%
55 to 64	21.1%	9.7%
65 to 74	10.0%	12.4%
75 and over	9.5%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burley	Kingston
White (non-Hispanic)	85.3%	73.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.3%
Asian	0.7%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	16.2%
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burley	Kingston
No high school diploma	5.0%	6.5%
High school graduate	29.2%	10.0%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	33.6%
Graduate or professional degree	16.4%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burley	Kingston
Drove alone	72.9%	58.0%
Carpooled	13.4%	14.2%
Public transit	1.2%	10.4%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	13.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burley	Kingston
1-unit, detached	73.9%	55.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	17.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	26.1%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Burley	Kingston
Poverty rate	6.9%	8.2%
Average household size	2.85	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	33	31
Median year structure built	1987	1997