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SheetMD-KINGSTOWN-MD Β· Kingstown, MD 1,836 pop Β· income 71st pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Kingstown
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Kingstown on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Collinsville Β· lowest
31,411
Collinsville Β· lowest
31,411 median HH income
26.0% of the leader Β· rank #1
Poland Β· near
90,281
Poland Β· near
90,281 median HH income
74.7% of the leader Β· rank #2
Gerrard Β· near
90,284
Gerrard Β· near
90,284 median HH income
74.7% of the leader Β· rank #3
Kingstown Β· this city
90,288
Kingstown Β· this city
90,288 median HH income
74.7% of the leader Β· rank #4
DeLisle Β· near
90,288
DeLisle Β· near
90,288 median HH income
74.7% of the leader Β· rank #5
Loma Linda Β· near
90,294
Loma Linda Β· near
90,294 median HH income
74.7% of the leader Β· rank #6
Lavallette Β· highest
120,938
Lavallette Β· highest
120,938 median HH income
100.0% of the leader Β· rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Kingstown on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 1,836.
Nationally, Kingstown sits in the 71st percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
71st
percentile, household income
62nd
percentile, home value
84th
percentile, median rent
π How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Kingstown, MD
1,836 people live in Kingstown, Maryland - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $90,288 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 8.8%. Home values in Kingstown run a median of $282,500, and the median resident age is 50.3 years. About 42.9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 52.0% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Maryland carries a cost-of-living premium: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Maryland scores 105.0 (Above Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,657 per month statewide. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Maryland run around $255, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Natural-hazard exposure scores 60.2 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Kingstown's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to housing and income to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Kingstown, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Kingstown?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 73.6%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
How far does income reach against housing in Kingstown?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.1 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 8.8%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
Which cities make useful reference points for Kingstown?
Within Maryland, the closest population matches are Derwood (1,830 residents, $93,000 income); Westernport (1,864 residents, $52,059 income); Bel Air (1,894 residents, $87,636 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Malvern, AL (1,836 residents); Casa Loma, CA (1,836 residents); Parma, ID (1,836 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Above median income Β· poverty 8.8% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
105.0 (US=100)
High cost Β· BEA RPP 2024, Maryland average
C-
City profile score Β· Kingstown, MD
53/100
4 published dimensions Β· ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Bachelor's+ share B+
42.9%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income B
$90,288
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop β₯1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate D
8.8%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living F
105.0 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 β national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Kingstown profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 78/100 (B+) Β· 42.9%
Household income: 70/100 (B) Β· $90,288
Poverty rate: 44/100 (D) Β· 8.8%
Cost of living: 21/100 (F) Β· 105.0 index
How does Kingstown compare to other US cities?
Here's how Kingstown stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income71% higher than other cities
Home value62% pricier than other cities
Median rent84% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Kingstown against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Maryland only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Maryland-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Kingstown near the bottom of Maryland's cities
Among the 479 Maryland cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Kingstown ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Kingstown only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#267 of 445
40th percentile in Maryland
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 479
0th percentile in Maryland
Median Home Value
#315 of 450
30th percentile in Maryland
Poverty Rate
#104 of 479
78th percentile in Maryland
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#158 of 479
67th percentile in Maryland
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Maryland only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
71st percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Kingstown's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$282,50038th percentilemore affordable than 38% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates Β· 2023
Kingstown's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.1Γ
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0β5.0Γ
National rank
#7,337 of 15,516
More affordable than 53% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#6,104 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.1Γ, Kingstown sits in the moderate band:
national rank #7,337 of 15,516 and #6,104 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value Γ· median household income for cities with both fields and population β₯ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0β5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$90,288Kingstown, MD median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Kingstown, MD median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Kingstown, MD.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)42.9%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)8.8%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)52.0%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
1,836
Median Income
$90,288
Median Home Value
$282,500
Median Age
50.3
Poverty Rate
8.8%
Labor force participation
52.0%
Bachelor's Degree+
42.9%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
73.6%
Carpool
17.3%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
8.1%
Other
1.0%
Based on 849 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Maryland statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $255
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Maryland at $255 (electricity about $120 , water and sewer about $55 ).
These are Maryland statewide averages, not a meter reading for Kingstown. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Maryland's BEA cost-of-living index is 105.0 (Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Kingstown is $1,657/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Maryland statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 60.2 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Maryland statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Kingstown sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Kingstown compares to similar-size Maryland cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.