Godlington Manor · Photo: Douglas Barber, HABS photographer · Public domainMost of Kingstown commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
7% of workers work from home (Maryland 19%). Kingstown has 97 jobs; 755 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Kingstown is better than 37% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (C).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Kingstown: the gist
Inside Kingstown’s Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Kingstown’s grade up ($93,625, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (19.7%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (3.2%) is left out: Kingstown’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Kingstown could be anywhere from D to A−.
Kingstown on a workday afternoon
On a workday 747 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 89 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Kingstown on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
18% of working residents work in Chestertown
Where Kingstown clocks in
7% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
In Kingstown, 36% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kingstown, 2013 → 2023: 52 → 97. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kingstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Kingstown spends getting to work: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kingstown workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 802 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Maryland: 80% drive alone, 5% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The distance from Kingstown to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most trips from Kingstown start in a car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 860 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.8% of Kingstown households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Kingstown’s commuters take a bus or train.
Kingstown next to U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300: 2,988th of 5,760 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| 4 | Cabin John MD | 2,179 | $250K | 0.8% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Colmar Manor MD | 1,590 | $123K | 2.3% | 4.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,986 | York Township OH | 1,279 | $73K | 16.2% | 0.0% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,987 | Cranberry Township OH | 1,422 | $68K | 9.1% | 1.3% | 14% | C+ |
| 2,988 | Kingstown MD | 1,713 | $94K | 19.7% | 3.2% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,989 | Wyoming DE | 1,865 | $70K | 18.5% | 12.3% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,990 | Demorest GA | 2,262 | $78K | 10.9% | 7.4% | 3% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Kingstown, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Kingstown: questions
What is the median household income in Kingstown?
$93,625 (±$42,611) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kingstown?
19.7%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kingstown?
29 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kingstown work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chestertown (18%, 2 mi), Centreville (7%, 12 mi), Stevensville (4%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Kingstown walkable?
Kingstown is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kingstown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kingstown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kingstown
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.