Demographics of Kingston city, New York

Kingston city, New York had 23,942 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −17 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Kingston city, in four figures

23,942
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 23,911 ±28.; −0.1%
Change since July 2020: −17 people.; 37.2 ±1.2
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $68,186 ±$4,865
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Kingston city, New York's population shrank 0.1% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Kingston city, New York's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Kingston city, New York's population shrank 0.1% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Kingston city, New York's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	23,959	100.0	100.0
2021	24,125	100.7	100.2
2022	23,838	99.5	100.7
2023	23,765	99.2	101.6
2024	23,692	98.9	102.5
2025	23,942	99.9	103.1

Population of Kingston city, New York on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	23,959	—
2021	24,125	+166
2022	23,838	−287
2023	23,765	−73
2024	23,692	−73
2025	23,942	+250

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 37.2 ±1.2: for men 36.4 ±2.0 and for women 37.9 ±3.2. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Kingston city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	New York	United States
Under 5	1,829 ±297	7.6% ±1.2	5.4% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	3,192 ±408	13.3% ±1.7	15.0% ±<0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	1,741 ±394	7.3% ±1.6	8.9% ±<0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	7,753 ±696	32.4% ±2.9	27.1% ±<0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	5,344 ±461	22.3% ±1.9	25.6% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	4,052 ±401	16.9% ±1.7	17.9% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $68,186 ±$4,865, and income per person $40,197 ±$2,675, in 2024 dollars. The median is $85,974 ±$402 in New York and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Kingston city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	New York	United States
Under $25,000	2,092 ±374	20.9% ±3.6	16.0% ±0.1	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	1,586 ±289	15.8% ±2.8	15.1% ±0.1	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	1,756 ±345	17.5% ±3.3	13.6% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	1,229 ±240	12.3% ±2.3	11.4% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	1,494 ±259	14.9% ±2.5	16.7% ±0.1	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	707 ±157	7.1% ±1.5	10.1% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	1,156 ±258	11.5% ±2.5	17.1% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Kingston city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	New York	United States
All ages	4,131 ±704	17.6% ±3.0	14.0% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	1,056 ±324	21.3% ±6.0	18.3% ±0.2	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	2,355 ±423	18.1% ±3.1	12.8% ±0.1	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	720 ±185	13.2% ±3.2	13.1% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Kingston city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Kingston city	New York	United States
Housing units	11,221 ±510	8,585,241 ±652	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	89.3% ±1.5	90.0% ±0.1	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	10.7% ±2.6	10.0% ±0.1	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	48.4% ±4.0	54.3% ±0.2	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	51.6% ±3.3	45.7% ±0.1	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$315,500 ±$16,327	$423,800 ±$1,627	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,469 ±$91	$1,621 ±$7	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	At the edge of the top or bottom interval	1959 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Kingston city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	New York	United States
Hispanic or Latino	3,801 ±635	15.9% ±2.7	19.8% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	14,637 ±717	61.2% ±3.0	52.8% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	3,033 ±544	12.7% ±2.3	13.4% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	706 ±304	3.0% ±1.3	9.0% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 19	0% to 0.1%	0.2% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 25	0% to 0.1%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 268	0% to 1.1%	1.0% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	1,595 ±395	6.7% ±1.7	3.8% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Kingston city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	New York	United States
Born in the state	16,785 ±727	70.2% ±3.0	62.4% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	3,801 ±500	15.9% ±2.1	12.3% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	426 ±155	1.8% ±0.6	2.5% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	2,899 ±550	12.1% ±2.3	22.8% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	1,241 ±301	5.2% ±1.3	13.6% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	1,658 ±483	6.9% ±2.0	9.2% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Kingston city among the places of New York

69th of 354 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the New York page.

Places of New York near Kingston city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Peekskill city	25,625 ±32
Medford CDP	24,796 ±2,409
Dix Hills CDP	24,773 ±1,105
Smithtown CDP	24,375 ±1,310
Watertown city	24,375 ±33
Kingston city	23,911 ±28
Copiague CDP	23,424 ±1,807
Garden City village	22,941 ±24
Rotterdam CDP	22,695 ±668
Merrick CDP	21,744 ±1,198
East Patchogue CDP	21,673 ±1,650

Rankings this appears in

No. 26 Places in New York by poverty rate
No. 72 Places in New York by Hispanic or Latino share
No. 99 Places in New York by foreign-born share
No. 175 Places in New York by median age
No. 179 Places in New York by median rent
No. 195 Places in New York by per capita income

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026