Kings County vs Nassau County

A side-by-side comparison of Kings County and Nassau County: population, income, housing, and more.

Kings County and Nassau County are counties in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Kings County has the higher population (2,646,306 vs 1,388,138 in Nassau County). Nassau County has the higher median household income ($143,408 vs $78,548 in Kings County). Kings County has the higher median home value ($889,700 vs $658,700 in Nassau County).

Population, income & housing

	Kings County	Nassau County
Population	2,646,306	1,388,138
Median age	36.3 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$78,548	$143,408
Median home value	$889,700	$658,700
Median gross rent	$1,784	$2,195
Housing units	1,090,187	477,860
Homeownership rate	29.7%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.3%	48.7%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kings County	Nassau County
Population	2,589,974 → 2,646,306 (+2.2%)	1,356,509 → 1,388,138 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$60,231 → $78,548 (+30.4%)	$116,100 → $143,408 (+23.5%)
Median home value	$706,000 → $889,700 (+26.0%)	$493,500 → $658,700 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,426 → $1,784 (+25.1%)	$1,772 → $2,195 (+23.9%)

Kings County

Population

2,589,9742,646,306

Median household income

$60,231$78,548

Median home value

$706,000$889,700

Median gross rent

$1,426$1,784

Nassau County

Population

1,356,5091,388,138

Median household income

$116,100$143,408

Median home value

$493,500$658,700

Median gross rent

$1,772$2,195

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kings County	Nassau County
Under 5	6.6%	5.3%
5 to 17	15.8%	16.3%
18 to 24	7.6%	8.4%
25 to 34	17.6%	11.7%
35 to 44	14.3%	12.4%
45 to 54	11.7%	13.3%
55 to 64	11.3%	14.4%
65 to 74	8.8%	10.5%
75 and over	6.2%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kings County	Nassau County
White (non-Hispanic)	36.2%	55.4%
Black or African American	27.5%	10.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	12.0%	11.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	4.3%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	18.9%	18.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kings County	Nassau County
No high school diploma	15.8%	7.9%
High school graduate	24.1%	21.0%
Some college or associate's	18.7%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	26.5%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	22.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kings County	Nassau County
Drove alone	18.0%	62.2%
Carpooled	3.9%	7.3%
Public transit	48.6%	13.0%
Walked	8.4%	2.1%
Bicycle	2.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	17.0%	13.8%
Other means	2.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kings County	Nassau County
1-unit, detached	4.8%	76.3%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	31.8%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	17.1%	3.9%
20 or more units	37.6%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Kings County	Nassau County
Poverty rate	18.9%	5.3%
Average household size	2.57	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	42	36
Median year structure built	1943	1955