Kings County vs Queens County

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

Kings County and Queens 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 2,330,124 in Queens County). Queens County has the higher median household income ($84,961 vs $78,548 in Kings County). Kings County has the higher median home value ($889,700 vs $699,200 in Queens County).

Population, income & housing

	Kings County	Queens County
Population	2,646,306	2,330,124
Median age	36.3 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$78,548	$84,961
Median home value	$889,700	$699,200
Median gross rent	$1,784	$1,915
Housing units	1,090,187	903,598
Homeownership rate	29.7%	44.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.3%	35.3%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kings County	Queens County
Population	2,589,974 → 2,646,306 (+2.2%)	2,287,388 → 2,330,124 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$60,231 → $78,548 (+30.4%)	$68,666 → $84,961 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$706,000 → $889,700 (+26.0%)	$543,800 → $699,200 (+28.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,426 → $1,784 (+25.1%)	$1,583 → $1,915 (+21.0%)

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

Queens County

Population

2,287,3882,330,124

Median household income

$68,666$84,961

Median home value

$543,800$699,200

Median gross rent

$1,583$1,915

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kings County	Queens County
Under 5	6.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.8%	14.2%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.3%
25 to 34	17.6%	15.2%
35 to 44	14.3%	13.7%
45 to 54	11.7%	13.2%
55 to 64	11.3%	13.6%
65 to 74	8.8%	10.0%
75 and over	6.2%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kings County	Queens County
White (non-Hispanic)	36.2%	23.6%
Black or African American	27.5%	16.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	12.0%	25.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	1.0%	2.3%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	18.9%	27.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kings County	Queens County
No high school diploma	15.8%	17.3%
High school graduate	24.1%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	18.7%	21.8%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	13.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kings County	Queens County
Drove alone	18.0%	32.1%
Carpooled	3.9%	6.1%
Public transit	48.6%	42.4%
Walked	8.4%	5.5%
Bicycle	2.1%	0.8%
Worked from home	17.0%	11.3%
Other means	2.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kings County	Queens County
1-unit, detached	4.8%	19.1%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	9.3%
2 to 4 units	31.8%	30.0%
5 to 19 units	17.1%	9.1%
20 or more units	37.6%	32.4%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Kings County	Queens County
Poverty rate	18.9%	12.2%
Average household size	2.57	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	42	43
Median year structure built	1943	1953