Tennessee · Census place 4739620
Kingston, Tennessee
Kingston is a city in Roane County, Tennessee with an estimated 6,340 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 91st largest of 232 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 6,340
- #91 of 232 in Tennessee
- Change since 2020
- +3.8%
- +231 people
- Land area
- 7.3 sq mi
- + 0.89 sq mi water
- Density
- 870 / sq mi
- State median 947
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Kingston population, 2020 to 2024
Kingston added 231 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.8%. In the latest year it moved by -9. Among 104 Tennessee places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 55th; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Tennessee has 12,136 people, so Kingston is 52% of it.
Kingston covers 7.29 square miles of land and 0.89 of water, for 870 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Kingston is close to the typical town.
What county Kingston is in
All of Kingston's residents live in Roane County, which had 56,742 residents in 2024. Kingston holds 11.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Kingston
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Kingston by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 37763. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Kingston is
The Census internal point of Kingston is at 35.872700, -84.504500. Nashville, the capital, is 129.0 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Loudon, TN (6,942 people), 12.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Knoxville, TN, 31.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 35.872700, -84.504500
- DMS
- 35°52'21.72"N 84°30'16.20"W
- UTM
- 16N 725296.9E 3972705.3N
- Geohash
- dn7uj43tw
- Plus code
- 867QVFFW+36
Daylight in Kingston
At 35.87° N, Kingston gets about 14 h 36 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 43 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 52 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Kingston
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Harriman, 5.1 miles away, with 6,216 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Kingston, TN?
6,340 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 231 (3.8%) from 6,109 in July 2020.
What county is Kingston in?
Roane County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Kingston?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 37763.
How far is Kingston from Nashville?
129.0 miles (207.6 km) in a straight line, heading W from Kingston.
What is the nearest larger city to Kingston?
Loudon, TN, with 6,942 residents, 12.3 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.