Berlin vs Kingston

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

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

Berlin has the higher population (5,523 vs 283 in Kingston). Kingston has the higher median household income ($66,250 vs $55,216 in Berlin). Berlin has the higher median home value ($143,800 vs $133,600 in Kingston).

Population, income & housing

	Berlin	Kingston
Population	5,523	283
Median age	41.6 yrs	59.7 yrs
Median household income	$55,216	$66,250
Median home value	$143,800	$133,600
Median gross rent	$814	$750
Housing units	2,689	122
Homeownership rate	58.6%	89.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	9.7%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berlin	Kingston
Population	5,383 → 5,523 (+2.6%)	369 → 283 (-23.3%)
Median household income	$49,637 → $55,216 (+11.2%)	$42,969 → $66,250 (+54.2%)
Median home value	$109,000 → $143,800 (+31.9%)	$108,100 → $133,600 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$742 → $814 (+9.7%)	$715 → $750 (+4.9%)

Berlin

Population

5,3835,523

Median household income

$49,637$55,216

Median home value

$109,000$143,800

Median gross rent

$742$814

Kingston

Population

369283

Median household income

$42,969$66,250

Median home value

$108,100$133,600

Median gross rent

$715$750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berlin	Kingston
Under 5	5.2%	1.4%
5 to 17	17.2%	12.0%
18 to 24	8.1%	2.5%
25 to 34	13.1%	5.7%
35 to 44	11.3%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.0%	13.8%
55 to 64	17.1%	16.3%
65 to 74	8.6%	21.6%
75 and over	8.3%	14.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berlin	Kingston
White (non-Hispanic)	82.6%	99.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	13.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berlin	Kingston
No high school diploma	10.1%	6.7%
High school graduate	40.0%	57.1%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	5.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berlin	Kingston
Drove alone	80.4%	80.4%
Carpooled	7.8%	5.9%
Public transit	1.3%	2.0%
Walked	5.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	7.8%
Other means	0.5%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berlin	Kingston
1-unit, detached	63.8%	99.2%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	14.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Berlin	Kingston
Poverty rate	17.6%	4.6%
Average household size	2.24	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	20	33
Median year structure built	1966	1952