Living in Kingston

In Kingston (New Hampshire), unemployment is 3.3% (2024).

The annual PM2.5 concentration measured 5.3 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-0730 sources

Median gross salary4,057EUR/month31 Dec 2020Official source · ACS 2020-2024 5-year table-based Summary File, table B20002 (Median Earnings in the Past 12 Months (in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars) by Sex for the Population 16 Years and Over with Earnings)

Median rent1,287EUR/month31 Dec 2020Official source · ACS 2020-2024 5-year table-based Summary File, table B25031 (Median Gross Rent by Bedrooms)

Unemployment rate3.3%country median 4.6% — 28% belowOfficial source · api.bls.gov

Recorded crime237offences per 100,000country median 1,586 — 85% belowOfficial source · FBI Crime Data Explorer / Uniform Crime Reporting

PM2.5, annual mean5.33µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · US EPA Air Quality System (AQS)

Lower unemployment than 75% of American cities that publish it, less recorded crime than 98% of American cities that publish it and cleaner air than 87% of American cities that publish it.

Which United States-wide rules apply when you move to Kingston?

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Housing and cost

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€60

Mobile plan, 10 GB€22

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	60.38 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Verizon 300 Mbps home internet²¹Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	21.57 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Visible unlimited mobile plan²²Official · national market
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	1,432 EUR/month	31 Dec 2020	ACS 2020-2024 5-year table-based Summary File, tables B25065 (Aggregate Gross Rent) and B25063 (Gross Rent, units with cash rent)⁷Official
Median monthly rent	1,287 EUR/month	31 Dec 2020	ACS 2020-2024 5-year table-based Summary File, table B25031 (Median Gross Rent by Bedrooms)⁵Official
Recorded property crimes	13 offenses/year	31 Dec 2025	FBI CIUS Table 8 by City 2025 (CDE offenses-known-to-le-2025.zip)¹¹Official

Is Kingston a good place to live?

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Remote worker40%strong on work, weak on legal route · range 31–49%

Skilled employee66%strong on work, weak on education · range 57–75%

Student43%strong on safety, weak on education · range 33–53%

Family71%strong on family, weak on education · range 62–80%

Retirement42%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 31–53%

Work and income

Unemployment across cities in United StatesUnemployment in Kingston is 3.3%. Of 2,153 cities with data, 1,250 have unemployment of 0 to under 5%.

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Kingston 3.3%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary	4,057 EUR/month	31 Dec 2020	ACS 2020-2024 5-year table-based Summary File, table B20002 (Median Earnings in the Past 12 Months (in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars) by Sex for the Population 16 Years and Over with Earnings)⁴Official
Unemployment rate	3.3 %country median 4.6%	31 Dec 2024	api.bls.gov⁸Official

What does a salary buy in Kingston?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€1,650of €3,164 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile
Left over

Line-by-line breakdown and sources

Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.	€3,164
Rentaverage rent of a whole dwelling · official · ACS 2020-2024 5-year table-based Summary File, tables B25065 (Aggregate Gross Rent) and B25063 (Gross Rent, units with cash rent) · 2020-12-31	− €1,432
Internet€60 · official · Verizon 300 Mbps home internet · 2026-09-30	− €60
Mobile plan€22 · official · Visible unlimited mobile plan · 2026-09-30	− €22
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	€1,650

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Kingston. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

American Job Centers — Public employment service

U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Kingston. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Physicians per 100,000 residents	256.8 per 100,000	31 Dec 2023	Area Health Resources Files (AHRF), County 2024-2025 release⁹Official · county

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Kingston when the national insurance or residence conditions are met.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

The city's crime rate was 237 incidents per 100,000 residents at the end of 2024.

Recorded crime across major citiesKingston highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Philadelphia5,457

Houston5,442

San Antonio5,218

Chicago4,012

Dallas4,010

Austin3,709

Fort Worth3,158

Phoenix3,125

New York City3,039

Los Angeles2,212

San Diego2,082

Kingston1,995

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	237 offences per 100,000country median 1,586	31 Dec 2024	FBI Crime Data Explorer / Uniform Crime Reporting¹²Official
Recorded violent crimes	3 offenses/year	31 Dec 2025	FBI CIUS Table 8 by City 2025 (CDE offenses-known-to-le-2025.zip)¹¹Official

Mobility and administration

Kingston's nearest airport was PSM, 24 km away and offered 1 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	1 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹⁸Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	24 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁹Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	PSM	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁹Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Kingston. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

Adult Education and English Language Acquisition (AEFLA) — State Language Course

U.S. Department of Education

For adult learners, adult English-language learners.

EnglishIn Person, Online, HybridCost varies

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USCIS English and citizenship class finder — Civic Orientation

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

For immigrants, future citizens.

EnglishIn Person, OnlineCost varies

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Kingston.

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Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperatures were −4.7°C in January and 20.9°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 87.2 mm in January and 93.3 mm in July. Kingston's maximum PM2.5 level reached 20.4 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

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Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.55.3WHO 5 · EU 25

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in United StatesAnnual PM2.5 in Kingston is 5.3 µg/m³. Of 968 cities with data, 261 have annual PM2.5 of 6 to under 7 µg/m³.

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Kingston 5.3

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	5.33 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	US EPA Air Quality System (AQS)²⁰Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 0.4 · Feb 2.1 · Mar 6.4 · Apr 13.3 · May 19.2 · Jun 24.2 · Jul 27.3 · Aug 26.6 · Sep 22.1 · Oct 15.7 · Nov 9.1 · Dec 3.4 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)¹³Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -9.8 · Feb -9 · Mar -4.4 · Apr 0.9 · May 6.3 · Jun 11.4 · Jul 14.6 · Aug 13.6 · Sep 9.3 · Oct 3.6 · Nov -1.4 · Dec -6.1 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)¹³Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan -4.7 · Feb -3.5 · Mar 1 · Apr 7.1 · May 12.7 · Jun 17.8 · Jul 20.9 · Aug 20.1 · Sep 15.7 · Oct 9.6 · Nov 3.8 · Dec -1.4 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)¹³Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 87.2 · Feb 89.7 · Mar 116.3 · Apr 100.5 · May 95.4 · Jun 100.5 · Jul 93.3 · Aug 87.6 · Sep 101.2 · Oct 108.9 · Nov 100.7 · Dec 112.6 mm	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)¹³Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5, highest monitored reading	20.4 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	US EPA Air Quality System (AQS)²⁰Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5, annual mean	5.76 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	US EPA Air Quality System (AQS)²⁰Official · nearest-station reading
Annual precipitation	1,194 mm	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Maximum July temperature	27.3 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average annual temperature	8.3 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Minimum January temperature	-9.8 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)¹⁷Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In United States: Manchester ±0.6 °C. Elsewhere: Chatham-Kent (Canada) ±1.1 °C, Barrie (Canada) ±1.4 °C, Gatineau (Canada) ±2.1 °C, Markham (Canada) ±2.2 °C, Mississauga (Canada) ±2.2 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Foreign-resident share	2.65 %	31 Dec 2020	2024 American Community Survey 5-year detailed tables¹Official
Foreign residents	166 people	31 Dec 2020	2024 American Community Survey 5-year detailed tables¹Official
Population covered by crime statistics	6,311 people	31 Dec 2025	FBI CIUS Table 8 by City 2025 (CDE offenses-known-to-le-2025.zip)¹¹Official

Alternatives for people set on Kingston

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Atkinson as a Kingston alternative in the same region

13 km away, better on 3 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Median gross pay, city: €5,977 Atkinson vs €4,057 Kingston+47%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 108 Atkinson vs 237 Kingston−55%
Foreign residents: 3.7% Atkinson vs 2.6% Kingston+39%
Unemployment: 3.4% Atkinson vs 3.3% Kingston+3%
Annual PM2.5: 5.3 µg/m³ Atkinson vs 5.3 µg/m³ Kingstonsame level

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Cities near Kingston

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Sandown 11.0 km away

Rent: 1,749 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2020-12-31
Salary: 5,027 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Plaistow 11.6 km away

Rent: 1,537 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2020-12-31
Salary: 4,210 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Merrimac 12.5 km away

Rent: 1,249 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2020-12-31
Salary: 5,023 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Amesbury 13.2 km away

Rent: 1,555 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2020-12-31
Salary: 4,827 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Atkinson 13.3 km away

Rent: 1,053 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2020-12-31
Salary: 5,977 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Chester 16.7 km away

Salary: 5,050 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Hampton 17.5 km away

Rent: 1,528 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2020-12-31
Salary: 3,964 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

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Common questions

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What is the unemployment rate in Kingston?

The unemployment rate is 3.3 %. Source: api.bls.gov.

Is the air quality good in Kingston?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 5.33 µg/m³. The WHO 2021 guideline is 5 µg/m³ and the EU limit value is 25 µg/m³, so this reading is above the WHO guideline but within the EU limit. Source: US EPA Air Quality System (AQS).

How safe is Kingston?

Police recorded 237 offences per 100,000. This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer / Uniform Crime Reporting.

How many foreign residents live in Kingston?

166 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: 2024 American Community Survey 5-year detailed tables.

Is Kingston a good place to live?

Kingston may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Which cities are near Kingston?

Sandown, Plaistow, Merrimac, Amesbury, Atkinson are near Kingston. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

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ACS 2020-2024 5-year table-based Summary File, table B20002 (Median Earnings in the Past 12 Months (in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars) by Sex for the Population 16 Years and Over with Earnings) www2.census.gov · checked 2026-09-19
ACS 2020-2024 5-year table-based Summary File, table B25031 (Median Gross Rent by Bedrooms) www2.census.gov · checked 2026-09-19
ACS 2020-2024 5-year table-based Summary File, table B25064 (Median Gross Rent), place records www2.census.gov · checked 2026-09-18
ACS 2020-2024 5-year table-based Summary File, tables B25065 (Aggregate Gross Rent) and B25063 (Gross Rent, units with cash rent) www2.census.gov · checked 2026-09-19
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FBI CIUS Table 8 by City 2025 (CDE offenses-known-to-le-2025.zip) cde.ucr.cjis.gov · checked 2026-09-05
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OpenFlights raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-08-03
OurAirports davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-08-03
US EPA Air Quality System (AQS) aqs.epa.gov · checked 2026-08-06
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