Kingston is a coastal town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 13,708 at the 2020 census. It contains the census-designated place of the same name.

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Town numbers

ZIP code02364

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Living in Kingston

Housing in Kingston

$702K▲ 4.3% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Kingston home is worth about $702,000, up 4.3% in a year, 6% above the Massachusetts typical home.

A seller's market

Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s

Days on market25

Sale-to-list93.5%

Sold in May5

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Safety in Kingston

B⁺

Safety Grade B+

Kingston reports less crime per resident than 67% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade. Massachusetts has less reported crime than most states, so among its own towns Kingston sits closer to the middle.

Violent crime per 1,000

Kingston 1

Massachusetts 3

U.S. 3.3

Property crime per 1,000

Kingston 6.8

Massachusetts 10.4

U.S. 15.5

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Schools in Kingston

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School Grade B

The public schools Kingston’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 60% of Massachusetts’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

#99Best public schoolsof 282 in MA

DistrictSilver LakeSchools5

Kingston Intermediate BElementary · Grades 3–6 · 645 students Kingston ElementaryElementary · Grades K–2 · 523 students Silver Lake Regional Middle School B-Middle · Grades 7–8 · 544 students Silver Lake Regional High AHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,034 students Silver Lake Integrated PreschoolPrekindergarten · Grades PK · 83 students

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within MA. Ratings are from neighbors.

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