Kingston is a somewhat small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 13,323 people and five associated neighborhoods, Kingston is the 72nd largest community in Pennsylvania.Kingston is a decidedly white-collar borough, with fully 86.60% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Kingston is a borough of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Kingston who work in office and administrative support (14.61%), healthcare (10.54%), and food service (9.47%). Also of interest is that Kingston has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.70% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. In terms of college education, Kingston is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 33.13% of adults in Kingston have a college degree. The per capita income in Kingston in 2022 was $35,136, which is middle income relative to Pennsylvania, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $140,544 for a family of four. However, Kingston contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Kingston is a somewhat ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Kingston home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kingston residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Kingston include Irish, Polish, German, Italian, and English. The most common language spoken in Kingston is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Indo-European.
