Kingston is home to 13,397 people in Pennsylvania. There are 6,243 people per square mile. 52% of homes are owner-occupied. The typical home is worth $172,900, having more than doubled since 2000. Households here earn about 29% less than in Pennsylvania as a whole. Median household income is $55,347, under the $82,259 national median.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $55,347, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 37.9
US median: 38.9
Average education
32% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Kingston
What changed most since 1990
Median age41.4 → 37.9(−3.5 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Black share0.4% → 11.3%(+10.9 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Poverty rate9.1% → 18.3%(+9.3 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Kingston's population equals 4.1% of Luzerne County's. Its number of households without a car equals 6.0% of the county's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 3.0% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)19.7%(113)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)14.6%(84)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era37.6%(216)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War4.7%(27)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.9%(5)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 575 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Kingston, decade by decade
Kingston population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
14,507
$61,159
$165,605
23.3%
4.9
2000
13,855
$61,228
$171,236
25.3%
8.9
2010
13,182
$57,842
$173,635
29.8%
23.6
2020
13,349
$60,466
$153,808
34.0%
43.2
2024
13,397
$55,347
$172,900
31.7%
49.7
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
