Photo: Laperkins · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Kingston works elsewhere
1,445 jobs are based in Kingston, against 2,980 working residents. Kingston grades A for jobs and income and C for walkability. Measured by household income, Kingston is ahead of 81% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Kingston apart on work
No single place dominates Kingston’s commute
The biggest draw, Exeter, gets only 8% of working residents, and 57% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Kingston residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Kingston workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 27 across New Hampshire. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How Kingston earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Kingston is better than 87% of U.S. towns, #24 of 126 in New Hampshire. The poverty rate is its strongest input (2.1%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Kingston could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
8% of working residents work in Exeter
Where Kingston clocks in
8% of workers
6% 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.
The trip to work from Kingston: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kingston workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,874 commuters (the 16% who work from home are left out). Across New Hampshire: 87% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
In and out of Kingston on a workday
On a workday 2,780 residents head out to work, 200 work right here, and 1,245 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,800 people are in Kingston on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
The kinds of work in Kingston
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kingston, 2013 → 2023: 1,375 → 1,445. 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 Kingston’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Kingston
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.
In Kingston, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Kingston is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns, #99 of 126 in New Hampshire. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.6% across New Hampshire.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,411 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.0% of Kingston households have no vehicle (New Hampshire 4.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Kingston’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,349 U.S. towns of 4,400 to 8,500, Kingston comes 501st on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
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| 105 | Auburn NH | 6,336 | $153K | 2.5% | 1.5% | 5% | A+ |
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| 136 | Brookline NH | 5,858 | $171K | 0.6% | 0.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 156 | North Hampton NH | 4,526 | $146K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 499 | Midland Park NJ | 7,039 | $147K | 2.8% | 7.2% | 7% | A |
| 500 | Mount Arlington NJ | 5,985 | $92K | 4.9% | 3.2% | 3% | A |
| 501 | Kingston NH | 6,288 | $105K | 2.1% | 3.4% | 7% | A |
| 502 | Troy WI | 5,686 | $161K | 3.6% | 5.0% | 2% | A |
| 503 | Westlake Village CA | 7,505 | $180K | 5.8% | 4.4% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,349 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Kingston, the top three, the last and three more from New Hampshire.
Kingston and its neighbors: 12% work next door
The biggest share goes to Exeter (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kingston workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston | – | A | C | 34 min | $105,330 |
| Exeter | 8% | A− | B+ | 25 min | $110,346 |
| Danville | under 3% | A− | D | 35 min | $115,104 |
| East Kingston | under 3% | A− | C− | 32 min | $138,194 |
| Newton | under 3% | A | C− | 30 min | $138,487 |
| Plaistow | 4% | A− | B | 29 min | $108,317 |
| Brentwood | under 3% | A | B− | 28 min | $165,509 |
| Hampstead | under 3% | A | C+ | 30 min | $112,348 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Kingston’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Kingston: questions
What is the median household income in Kingston?
$105,330 (±$11,911) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kingston?
2.1%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kingston?
34 minutes each way on average, against 27 across New Hampshire and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kingston work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Exeter (8%, 8 mi), Portsmouth (6%, 18 mi), Manchester (4%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Kingston walkable?
Kingston is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kingston without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kingston, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kingston
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.