Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Kingston’s best subject grades are an A+ for safety and an A− for cost of living; its weakest is a D for incomes. No town in Georgia scores higher than Kingston on safety. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 71% of U.S. towns. No town among the 150 in Georgia we compare has a lower property crime rate than Kingston. Kingston's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 90% of U.S. towns. Kingston has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Kingston beats most towns.
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Georgia), ordered by how far Kingston is from typical.
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Census counts: 402 in 1870, 722 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1864 and 2 maps from 1906 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Kingston, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Kingston.
Kingston’s violent crime rate is 0 per 1,000 residents, below both Georgia’s towns (2.2) and U.S. towns (1.6). Kingston reports less crime per resident than 99% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
0.4% of Kingston working residents work locally, against 9.1% in Georgia’s towns and 8% across U.S. towns. Jobs based in Kingston fell to 59 in 2023, 47 fewer than in 2013. 17% of residents live below the poverty line in Kingston.
| Kingston | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 0.4% | 9.1% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 17% | 15% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $53,000 | $63,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Kingston has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. Kingston’s July high is 90°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Kingston beats the Georgia average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 36% of Kingston adults feel lonely.
| Kingston | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 39% | 33% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 38% | 35% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 38% | 35% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 14% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Kingston | GA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 8.1% | 9.6% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 12.8% | 15% |
| More adults with arthritis | 28.1% | 24.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The typical Kingston home is worth about $298,000, up 1.3% in a year, 9% below the Georgia typical home. The median rent in Kingston is $932 a month.
| Kingston | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 74% | 58% | 73% |
| Median rent | $932 a month | $1,154 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 55% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Kingston Park | — | 8 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Kingston. Close and well known come first.
Big draw39 mi Theme parkSix Flags Over Georgia
36 mi Stadium & arenaTruist Park
36 mi MuseumChattahoochee Nature Center
11 mi Ancient siteEtowah Indian Mounds38 mi CaveEllison's Cave
21 mi State parkNew EchotaSix Flags Over Georgia: hagerman, CC BY 2.0 · Truist Park: Thechased at English Wikipedia, CC BY 4.0 · Chattahoochee Nature Center: muffinn from Worcester, UK, CC BY 2.0 · Etowah Indian Mounds: Kåre Thor Olsen, CC BY-SA 3.0 · New Echota: Cculber007 at en.wikipedia, Public domain
3 within 15 miles of the center of Kingston
About 5 of every 100 Kingston residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Georgia.
Where Kingston’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
3 notable people were born in Kingston.
City in Georgia, United States
Kingston is a village in Bartow County, Georgia, United States. The population was 722 at the 2020 census.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.
3 notable people were born here, including Peter Charles Harris and Dick Dixon.
