Kingston, Ohio

2026 Edition · 10 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026

ALMANAC

Units needed

Closing the gap would add 0.2–0.4% to the 473 homes here.

1–2

is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.

Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count.Sources: Computed by the Almanac

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Population

Down 1.5% since 2020.

1,236

people, the 488th-largest of Ohio's cities and towns.

Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Ohio's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates
The workday

Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

96.6%

of 147 jobs located in Kingston are filled by in-commuters.

Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES
Rent

Median rent is up 37% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

$693

a month. Ohio's median is $1,034.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $372.

A $372 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Ross County.
- $776 Tract 9555
- $1,148 Tract 9556.04
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
Room to build

Local wages can carry more rent than the median charged today.

$749–$1,123

is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $693 median
Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year
Building

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.
- 99% of all homes were built before 2000
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
Units needed

Closing the gap would add 0.2–0.4% to the 473 homes here.

1–2

is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.

Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac
Home value

A median home costs 27% less than Ohio's.

$157,200

median home value in Kingston.
- $157,200 Kingston
- $214,800 Ohio
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Kingston, Ohio

Kingston,
Ohio.

Down 1.5% since 2020.

Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

Median rent is up 37% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $372.

Local wages can carry more rent than the median charged today.

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.

Closing the gap would add 0.2–0.4% to the 473 homes here.

A median home costs 27% less than Ohio's.

Every number came from a public source, with its date.

Down 1.5% since 2020.

Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

Median rent is up 37% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $372.

Local wages can carry more rent than the median charged today.

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.

Closing the gap would add 0.2–0.4% to the 473 homes here.

A median home costs 27% less than Ohio's.

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