Indianola vs Kingston

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

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

Indianola has the higher population (3,517 vs 2,585 in Kingston). Kingston has the higher median household income ($99,345 vs $95,469 in Indianola). Indianola has the higher median home value ($478,100 vs $448,600 in Kingston).

Population, income & housing

	Indianola	Kingston
Population	3,517	2,585
Median age	45.7 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$95,469	$99,345
Median home value	$478,100	$448,600
Median gross rent	$1,415	$1,338
Housing units	1,724	1,030
Homeownership rate	81.9%	60.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.3%	42.2%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Indianola	Kingston
Population	3,524 → 3,517 (-0.2%)	2,193 → 2,585 (+17.9%)
Median household income	$75,583 → $95,469 (+26.3%)	$64,423 → $99,345 (+54.2%)
Median home value	$310,100 → $478,100 (+54.2%)	$351,900 → $448,600 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,336 → $1,415 (+5.9%)	$1,277 → $1,338 (+4.8%)

Indianola

Population

3,5243,517

Median household income

$75,583$95,469

Median home value

$310,100$478,100

Median gross rent

$1,336$1,415

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)

	Indianola	Kingston
Under 5	3.8%	5.6%
5 to 17	13.6%	11.3%
18 to 24	5.8%	11.7%
25 to 34	12.0%	13.5%
35 to 44	14.1%	16.6%
45 to 54	11.3%	8.1%
55 to 64	18.3%	9.7%
65 to 74	14.3%	12.4%
75 and over	6.8%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Indianola	Kingston
White (non-Hispanic)	80.3%	73.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.6%	1.3%
Asian	2.2%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	16.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Indianola	Kingston
No high school diploma	6.2%	6.5%
High school graduate	17.9%	10.0%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	27.0%	33.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Indianola	Kingston
Drove alone	65.5%	58.0%
Carpooled	6.3%	14.2%
Public transit	6.0%	10.4%
Walked	0.9%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.5%	13.9%
Other means	1.8%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Indianola	Kingston
1-unit, detached	89.3%	55.9%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	17.1%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	9.5%
20 or more units	0.2%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Indianola	Kingston
Poverty rate	8.8%	8.2%
Average household size	2.32	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	38	31
Median year structure built	1991	1997