Kingston ranked 35th among cities in Rhode Island by annual earnings per resident, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau in August.
The median income of Kingston residents was an inflation-adjusted $4,357 per year. Kingston had 729 households in 2017, with a population of 6,983.
The city with the highest median resident income in the state was Carolina. Carolina’s median income was $45,114 per year after adjusting for inflation – $40,757 more than Kingston. It had 268 households in 2017 and a population of 680.
The table below shows the top 35 cities ranked by median annual resident earnings in 2017.
Top 35 cities by earnings per resident (2017)
| Rank | City | Earnings per resident ($$$) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carolina | 45,114 |
| 2 | Misquamicut | 45,000 |
| 3 | Harmony | 40,625 |
| 4 | Ashaway | 40,553 |
| 5 | Cumberland Hill | 40,322 |
| 6 | Weekapaug | 39,531 |
| 7 | Charlestown | 39,355 |
| 8 | Tiverton | 37,492 |
| 9 | Hope Valley | 36,976 |
| 10 | Warwick | 36,146 |
| 11 | Greene | 35,677 |
| 12 | Valley Falls | 32,400 |
| 13 | Pascoag | 32,131 |
| 14 | Narragansett Pier | 31,957 |
| 15 | Newport | 31,784 |
| 16 | Watch Hill | 31,650 |
| 17 | Greenville | 31,582 |
| 18 | Newport East | 31,444 |
| 19 | Westerly | 31,148 |
| 20 | Melville | 30,888 |
| 21 | Cranston | 30,788 |
| 22 | East Providence | 30,451 |
| 23 | Wyoming | 30,125 |
| 24 | Bradford | 29,866 |
| 25 | Foster Center | 28,462 |
| 26 | Clayville | 27,386 |
| 27 | Harrisville | 27,176 |
| 28 | Quonochontaug | 26,087 |
| 29 | Hopkinton | 25,515 |
| 30 | Chepachet | 24,891 |
| 31 | Pawtucket | 24,530 |
| 32 | Woonsocket | 23,051 |
| 33 | Providence | 20,408 |
| 34 | Central Falls | 16,433 |
| 35 | Kingston | 4,357 |
* All values are inflation-adjusted
