Chico vs Kingston

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

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

Chico has the higher population (3,016 vs 2,585 in Kingston). Chico has the higher median household income ($124,700 vs $99,345 in Kingston). Chico has the higher median home value ($620,300 vs $448,600 in Kingston).

Population, income & housing

	Chico	Kingston
Population	3,016	2,585
Median age	48.0 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$124,700	$99,345
Median home value	$620,300	$448,600
Median gross rent	$1,724	$1,338
Housing units	1,121	1,030
Homeownership rate	87.7%	60.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.3%	42.2%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chico	Kingston
Population	2,846 → 3,016 (+6.0%)	2,193 → 2,585 (+17.9%)
Median household income	$112,984 → $124,700 (+10.4%)	$64,423 → $99,345 (+54.2%)
Median home value	$427,000 → $620,300 (+45.3%)	$351,900 → $448,600 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,833 → $1,724 (-5.9%)	$1,277 → $1,338 (+4.8%)

Chico

Population

2,8463,016

Median household income

$112,984$124,700

Median home value

$427,000$620,300

Median gross rent

$1,833$1,724

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)

	Chico	Kingston
Under 5	2.8%	5.6%
5 to 17	19.6%	11.3%
18 to 24	4.8%	11.7%
25 to 34	6.5%	13.5%
35 to 44	13.4%	16.6%
45 to 54	16.5%	8.1%
55 to 64	11.9%	9.7%
65 to 74	13.7%	12.4%
75 and over	10.9%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chico	Kingston
White (non-Hispanic)	74.5%	73.4%
Black or African American	5.2%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	1.3%
Asian	11.4%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	16.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chico	Kingston
No high school diploma	0.8%	6.5%
High school graduate	10.1%	10.0%
Some college or associate's	40.7%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	29.8%	33.6%
Graduate or professional degree	18.5%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chico	Kingston
Drove alone	71.5%	58.0%
Carpooled	11.6%	14.2%
Public transit	2.7%	10.4%
Walked	0.8%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	13.9%
Other means	0.8%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chico	Kingston
1-unit, detached	96.0%	55.9%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	17.1%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	9.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Chico	Kingston
Poverty rate	1.8%	8.2%
Average household size	2.72	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	23	31
Median year structure built	1987	1997