Kings County, New York

Kings County has a population of 2,631,580 and has shrunk 3.0% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $905,000, about 11.3 times the county's median household income of $80,263.

Home price
$905,000
Income
$80,263
Population
2,631,580
Unemployment
7.9%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$905,000county
Median gross rent$1,833county
Median year homes here were built1944county
Share of homes built before 198080.1%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile0.2%county
Share of homes that are vacant8.3%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented70.5%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use1.0%county
Typical monthly rent$3,808county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$2,910county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$2,655county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$3,644county
Home insurance / yr$1,683(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living125.1(statewide)
Median household income$80,263county
Family health premium / yr$27,188(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$17,361(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.166(statewide)
Poverty rate19.1%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home19.1%county
Unemployment rate7.9%county
Share of adults in the labor force64.3%county
Share of workers who are self-employed6.3%county
Share of workers employed by government14.4%county
Share of workers in the largest industry29.3%county
Economic output per resident$55,455county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.71%county
Top state income tax10.90%(statewide)
Capital gains tax10.90%(statewide)
Combined sales tax8.54%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time41.7 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service9.3 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport31466102county
Miles to nearest general aviation field15 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here0county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station7.2 micounty
Households without a vehicle56.4%county
Traffic deaths4.0county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-1.3(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher42.1%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher84.4%county
Public schools in the county578county
Public school enrollment290852county
Students per full-time teacher12.4county
Free lunch eligible79.0%county
Elementary schools308county
Middle schools99county
High schools125county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above37county
Share of local colleges that are public10.9%county
Two-year institutions9county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution1.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians63county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county11county
Hospitals here with an emergency department10county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here2county
Fine particulate matter8.4 µgcounty
Without health insurance5.8%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year23.4%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year19.4%county
Frequent mental distress14.9%county
No leisure-time physical activity26.1%county
Diagnosed diabetes11.6%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population2,631,580county
Land area in square miles69county
People per square mile of land37932.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores1,899county
Convenience stores700county
Share living far from a food store0.1%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.4%county
Population change since 2020-3.0%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents6county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents7county
Median age36.5 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1822.2%county
Share of residents 65 and over15.5%county
Share of households that are one person31.0%county
Share of residents born outside the United States35.3%county
Second languages44.6%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls46.8%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents44county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-15county
Households that moved in66,853county
Households that moved away78,370county
Average income of arriving households$94,892county
Average income of departing households$92,760county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes6county
Housing units authorised in the latest year6,844county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings99.6%county
Violent crime rate380(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature55.9°Fcounty
Annual precipitation36.9 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.00 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F20 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing77 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6b(statewide)
Frost-free days235 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMar 29county
Average first fall frostNov 19county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$130county
Electric utilities serving this county1county
Electricity price per kWh35.7¢county
Household electricity use365 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$20.71(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity14.2%county
Homes heated by utility gas72.2%county
Homes heated by propane2.7%county
Homes heated by fuel oil6.6%county
Homes heated by wood0.0%county
Households with broadband89.5%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk99.4county
Coastal flood risk87.2county
Drought risk13.9county
Landslide risk43.1county
Hail risk95.8county
Earthquake risk98.6county
Tornado risk94.2county
Tropical cyclone risk97.4county
Extreme heat risk99.7county
Winter weather risk99.9county
Strong wind risk99.7county
Wildfire risk38.5county

Sports

Major pro teams based here1county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here1county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams1county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Kings County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the New York figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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