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Kingston, NY
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Kingston profile


Living in Kingston



Kingston is a medium-sized city located in the state of New York. With a population of 23,916 people and ten constituent neighborhoods, Kingston is the 72nd largest community in New York. Much of the housing stock in Kingston was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

Also of interest is that Kingston has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in Kingston telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.23% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

The percentage of people in Kingston who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 26.64% of adults in Kingston have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Kingston in 2018 was $32,587, which is middle income relative to New York, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $130,348 for a family of four. However, Kingston contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Kingston is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Kingston home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kingston residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Kingston also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.90% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Kingston include Irish, Italian, German, English, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Kingston is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.