Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The best of East Kingston’s subject grades are an A+ for safety, an A for health, and an A− for incomes; the weakest is a D− for cost of living. On cost of living, just 1 of New Hampshire’s 187 towns do worse. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 84% of U.S. towns. Only 4 of New Hampshire’s 149 towns score higher on safety. No town in New Hampshire scores lower than East Kingston on the outdoors. Greeley House is on the National Register of Historic Places. East Kingston has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where East Kingston beats most towns.
Census counts: 358 in 1790, a low of 347 in 1930, 2,441 in 2020. The archive holds 9 old photos and papers going back to 2013 and 3 maps from 1935 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Hampshire), ordered by how far East Kingston is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around East Kingston. Close and well known come first.
12 mi Ancient siteAmerica's Stonehenge
38 mi LakeWalden Pond
39 mi AttractionFreedom Trail
39 mi Stadium & arenaHarvard Stadium
38 mi MuseumBunker Hill Monument
40 mi City parkBoston CommonAmerica's Stonehenge: User:Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Walden Pond: Victorgrigas, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Freedom Trail: Ingfbruno, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Harvard Stadium: Nick Allen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Bunker Hill Monument: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Boston Common: Phillip Capper from Wellington, New Zealand, CC BY 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in East 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 19, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in East Kingston.
Among 126 New Hampshire towns, just 8 have a lower property offense rate than East Kingston. The town’s violent offense rate stands at 0.4 per 1,000 residents.
| East Kingston | New Hampshire towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.2 per 1,000 residents | 4.4 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.4 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Public schools: the East Kingston School District. Its one school is below. 108 students attend the town’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Kingston Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 108 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NH on state tests and graduation
In East Kingston, 14% of adults report frequent mental distress. This New Hampshire town does better than the New Hampshire average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 2.
| East Kingston | New Hampshire towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 30% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 11% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 14% | 19% |
| What stands out | East Kingston | NH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer lonely adults | 27.1% | 30.6% |
| More adults getting cholesterol checked | 90.6% | 88.3% |
| More adults with high blood pressure | 37% | 33% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
East Kingston: 4.4% of working residents work locally, where New Hampshire’s towns sit at 10% and U.S. towns at 8%. Employers in East Kingston added 32 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 245. For residents in the town, the share who live below the poverty line is 14%. The top destinations are Exeter (10%), Portsmouth (8%) and Manchester (4%).
| East Kingston | New Hampshire towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 24% | 16% | 11% |
| Median household income | $138,000 | $103,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 6.8% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Among households in East Kingston, 96% own their home.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Federal disaster aid has reached households in East Kingston after 12 declared disasters, most recently in 2018. FEMA expects less storm and flood damage locally than in 70% of U.S. communities. The national flood insurance program has paid one claim in the town since 1984.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The biggest park or preserve is John D. Eaton State Forest, at 42 acres. 5.1 miles of trail wind through 2 parks and preserves. Also worth knowing: the trail density for East Kingston comes to 0.5 miles per square mile, below the New Hampshire town median (1.2) and near the median of U.S. towns (0.4).
| East Kingston | New Hampshire towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 17% | 18% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 1.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. John D. Eaton State Forest | 0.6 mi | 42 |
| 2. Currier Wildlife Management Area | — | 28 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The range runs from 16° on a January night to 83° on a July afternoon, with about 62 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
16% of East Kingston residents are under 18. Adults 18 to 34 are 13% of residents (21% statewide); people 65 and older are 27% of residents (20% statewide). Its midpoint age is 51.7 years.
| East Kingston | New Hampshire towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 51.7 years | 44.8 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 27% | 20% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 47% | 39% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 16% | 18% | 22% |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±7.3 points. Across New Hampshire, 50.1% of residents are women.
| East Kingston | NH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 6.1% | 9.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10% | 8.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.5% | 8.7% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 6.8% | 12.7% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.4% | 12.4% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.2% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 17.8% | 15.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.5% | 12.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 14.7% | 7.9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3% | 5.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 25.4% | 26.8% | 26% |
| Some college | 12.6% | 17.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.2% | 9.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 23% | 24.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 23.7% | 16.1% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,400, single groups can be off by several points
4 within 15 miles of the center of East Kingston
About 5 of every 100 East Kingston residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Hampshire.
Where East Kingston’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Place in New Hampshire, United States
East Kingston is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 2,441 at the 2020 census.
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5 towns share a border with East Kingston.
| Town | NH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Kingston | — | — | D− | A+ | B+ | A |
| Kingston | #57 | B+ | C− | A | C | A− |
| South Hampton | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Newton | #46 | B+ | C | A+ | C | A |
| Kensington | — | — | C | — | A− | A |
| Exeter | #28 | A− | D | A− | A− | A |
East Kingston and Kensington have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Kensington reports no FBI crime data of its own. South Hampton isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare East Kingston with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes. That is 5.8 years of the area's median household income ($115,863 across the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D−.
