Kings County vs New York County

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

Kings County and New York 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 1,627,788 in New York County). New York County has the higher median household income ($104,553 vs $78,548 in Kings County). New York County has the higher median home value ($1,108,900 vs $889,700 in Kings County).

Population, income & housing

	Kings County	New York County
Population	2,646,306	1,627,788
Median age	36.3 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$78,548	$104,553
Median home value	$889,700	$1,108,900
Median gross rent	$1,784	$2,132
Housing units	1,090,187	918,806
Homeownership rate	29.7%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.3%	64.0%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kings County	New York County
Population	2,589,974 → 2,646,306 (+2.2%)	1,631,993 → 1,627,788 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$60,231 → $78,548 (+30.4%)	$86,553 → $104,553 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$706,000 → $889,700 (+26.0%)	$987,700 → $1,108,900 (+12.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,426 → $1,784 (+25.1%)	$1,740 → $2,132 (+22.5%)

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

New York County

Population

1,631,9931,627,788

Median household income

$86,553$104,553

Median home value

$987,700$1,108,900

Median gross rent

$1,740$2,132

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kings County	New York County
Under 5	6.6%	4.3%
5 to 17	15.8%	9.8%
18 to 24	7.6%	8.5%
25 to 34	17.6%	21.1%
35 to 44	14.3%	14.7%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.2%
55 to 64	11.3%	11.7%
65 to 74	8.8%	9.7%
75 and over	6.2%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kings County	New York County
White (non-Hispanic)	36.2%	46.3%
Black or African American	27.5%	12.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	12.0%	12.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	18.9%	24.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kings County	New York County
No high school diploma	15.8%	10.8%
High school graduate	24.1%	11.8%
Some college or associate's	18.7%	13.4%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	33.0%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	31.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kings County	New York County
Drove alone	18.0%	5.7%
Carpooled	3.9%	1.4%
Public transit	48.6%	45.5%
Walked	8.4%	18.6%
Bicycle	2.1%	2.5%
Worked from home	17.0%	23.0%
Other means	2.0%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kings County	New York County
1-unit, detached	4.8%	1.1%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	31.8%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	17.1%	16.3%
20 or more units	37.6%	78.9%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Kings County	New York County
Poverty rate	18.9%	15.8%
Average household size	2.57	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	42	31
Median year structure built	1943	1951