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Notable locations in Kinston: Herritage Plaza (A), Kinston Square (B), Martin Freeman Community Center (C), Kinston Country Club and Golf Course (D), Carver Court Community Center (E), Lenoir County Chamber of Commerce (F), McLewean Square (G), Mitchell Community Center (H), Harmony Hall (I), Kinston City Hall (J), Peachtree Treatment Plant (K). Display/hide their locations on the map
Shopping Centers: Kinston Plaza Shopping Center (1), Park View Shopping Center (2), Frenchmans Creek Mall (3), Vernon Park Mall (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Kinston include: Little Rock Church (A), Holy Trinity Church (B), Westminster Church (C), Bethel Church (D), Tanglewood Church (E), Saint Paul Church (F), Saint Marys Church (G), Saint Lukes Church (H), Church of the Nazarene (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Oak Hill Cemetery (1), Maplewood Cemetery (2), Westview Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in Kinston include: Fairfield Park (1), Grainger Stadium (2), Southeast Park (3), Lovit Hires Park (4), Holloway Park (5), Caswell-Newse State Historic Site (6), Emma Webb Park (7), Bill Fay Memorial Park (8). Display/hide their locations on the map
Post office: Kinston Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Tourist attractions: Fire Station Museum-Caswell No 1 (118 South Queen Street) (1), Lenoir County Historical Association Harmony Hall (Cultural Attractions- Events- & Facilities; 109 East King Street) (2), Kinston Convention & Visitors Bureau (301 North Queen Street) (3). Display/hide their approximate locations on the map
Hotels: Hampton Inn Kinston- N.C. (1382 Highway 258 South) (1), Days Inn (410 East New Bern Road) (2), Comfort Inn Kinston (200 West New Bern Road) (3), Best Western Inn (208 East New Bern Road) (4), Holiday Inn Exp Stes Kinston (1156 Hill Farm Road) (5). Display/hide their approximate locations on the map
Courts: North Carolina State - Juvenile Court Intake Ofc (110 South Queen Street) (1), North Carolina State - Juvenile Court Counselor Office (110 South Queen Street) (2), North Carolina State - Division Of Motor Vehicles- Family Court Coordin (130 South Queen Street) (3), North Carolina State - Employment Security Commission Of Nc- Family Court Coordin (2100 Presbyterian Lane) (4). Display/hide their approximate locations on the map
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Drinking water stations with addresses in Kinston and their reported violations in the past:
CEDAR LAKE MHP (Population served: 104, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between FEB-08-2004 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- Initial Tap Sampling for Pb and Cu - Between JUL-01-1993 and MAY-20-1994, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (MAY-20-1994)
- One minor monitoring violation
- 18 regular monitoring violations
FALLING CREEK COUNTRY CLUB (Address: FALLING CREEK GOLF COURSE INC, Population served: 100, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In DEC-1999, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (DEC-17-1999), St Public Notif requested (DEC-17-1999), St Compliance achieved (APR-30-2004)
Past monitoring violations:
- 4 routine major monitoring violations
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This city: | 23.0% | | Whole state: | 12.3% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This city: | 11.0% | | Whole state: | 5.5% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Kinston, NC
People in group quarters in Kinston
- 603 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 170 people in nursing homes
- 122 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 111 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 80 people in other group homes
- 37 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 16 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 10 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 9 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 9 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Kinston compared to North Carolina state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value below state average.
- Unemployed percentage above state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage above state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.
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Banks with branches in Kinston (2009 data):
- First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company: Main Office Branch, Plaza Branch, Vernon Park Mall Branch, U.S. Highway 70 East Branch. Info updated 2009-01-06: Bank assets: $13,862.8 mil, Deposits: $11,768.4 mil, headquarters in Raleigh, NC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 343 total offices, Holding Company: First Citizens Bancshares, Inc.
- Branch Banking and Trust Company: Queen Street Branch, Kinston Plaza Branch, Kinston Main Branch. Info updated 2008-12-12: Bank assets: $147,483.6 mil, Deposits: $98,507.9 mil, headquarters in Winston Salem, NC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 1514 total offices, Holding Company: Bb&T Corporation
- Wachovia Bank, National Association: Vernon Park Mall Branch at 1903 W. Vernon Avenue, Vernon Park Mall Shopping C, branch established on 1959-07-15; Kinston Plaza at 700 Plaza Boulevard, branch established on 1967-09-05. Info updated 2008-06-19: Bank assets: $635,476.0 mil, Deposits: $424,599.0 mil, headquarters in Charlotte, NC, negative income in the last year, 3343 total offices, Holding Company: Wells Fargo & Company
- Bank of America, National Association: Kinston Main Branch at 1900 West Vernon Avenue, branch established on 1977-03-21. Info updated 2008-11-07: Bank assets: $1,471,631.0 mil, Deposits: $954,677.6 mil, headquarters in Charlotte, NC, positive income, 6194 total offices, Holding Company: Bank Of America Corporation
- The Little Bank, Incorporated: at 1101 West Vernon Avenue, branch established on 1998-11-09. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $315.8 mil, Deposits: $249.0 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 6 total offices
- First South Bank: Heritage Street Branch at 2430 Heritage Street, branch established on 2001-08-14. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $873.3 mil, Deposits: $720.5 mil, headquarters in Washington, NC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 29 total offices, Holding Company: First South Bancorp, Inc.
- RBC Bank (USA): Plaza Boulevard Branch at 609 Plaza Boulevard, branch established on 1995-01-23. Info updated 2008-12-08: Bank assets: $31,335.9 mil, Deposits: $22,003.4 mil, headquarters in Raleigh, NC, negative income in the last year, Commercial Lending Specialization, 441 total offices, Holding Company: Royal Bank Of Canada
Fire-safe hotels and motels in Kinston, North Carolina
- Hampton Inn Kinston, 1382 Hwy 258 S, Kinston, NC 28504, Phone: (252) 523-1400, Fax: (252) 523-1326
- Comfort Inn Kinston, 200 W Newbern Rd, Kinston, NC 28501, Phone: (252) 527-3200
- Days Inn, 410 E New Bern Rd, Kinston, NC 28504, Phone: (252) 527-6064
- Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites, 1156 HL Farm Rd, Kinston, NC 28504, Phone: (252) 559-8888
- Howard Johnson Inn, 208 E New Bern Rd, Kinston, NC 28501, Phone: (252) 527-4155, Fax: (252) 527-2900
- Westparke Inn & Suites, 4774 Hwy 70 W, Kinston, NC 28504, Phone: (252) 527-1500, Fax: (252) 527-1500
All 6 fire-safe hotels and motels in Kinston, North Carolina
School Enrollment by Level of School
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2004 Presidential Election results in Lenoir County North Carolina:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Utility gas (45%)
- Electricity (38%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
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Religion statistics for Kinston
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) | Original Free Will Baptists | International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
| Adherents | 22.8% | 18.2% | 11.8% | 9.9% | 5.8% |
| Congregations | 15.6% | 13.5% | 11.5% | 11.5% | 4.2% |
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| Name | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | Presbyterian Church (USA) | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | National Association of Free Will Baptists | Other religions |
| Adherents | 5.4% | 4.5% | 4.5% | 3.8% | 13.2% |
| Congregations | 4.2% | 7.3% | 3.1% | 7.3% | 21.9% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center. Tables represent county-level data.
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
14 | $40,237 | $34,489 | 2 | $1,778 |
| Other Government Administration |
15 | $60,163 | $48,130 | 0 | $0 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
82 | $273,139 | $39,972 | 0 | $0 |
| Police - Other |
8 | $18,877 | $28,316 | 0 | $0 |
| Firefighters |
53 | $121,292 | $27,462 | 0 | $0 |
| Streets and Highways |
27 | $68,240 | $30,329 | 1 | $1,986 |
| Solid Waste Management |
30 | $54,701 | $21,880 | 0 | $0 |
| Sewerage |
37 | $89,674 | $29,083 | 0 | $0 |
| Parks and Recreation |
33 | $86,096 | $31,308 | 45 | $24,274 |
| Water Supply |
7 | $18,881 | $32,367 | 0 | $0 |
| Electric Power |
23 | $69,449 | $36,234 | 0 | $0 |
| Other and Unallocable |
40 | $99,800 | $29,940 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
369 | $1,000,549 | $32,538 | 48 | $28,038 |
Kinston government finances in 2006:
- Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $180,000
- Charges - Sewerage: $6,538,000
Solid Waste Management: $2,585,000
Parks and Recreation: $277,000
Miscellaneous Commercial Activities: $201,000
All Other: $24,000
- Construction - Sewerage: $13,682,000
Water Utilities: $5,864,000
Electric Utilities: $1,219,000
Parks and Recreation: $368,000
Police Protection: $30,000
- Current Operations - Electric Utilities: $40,986,000
Police Protection: $5,369,000
Sewerage: $5,143,000
Parks and Recreation: $2,815,000
Local Fire Protection: $2,737,000
Water Utilities: $2,204,000
Solid Waste Management: $2,164,000
Housing and Community Development: $1,969,000
Regular Highways: $1,720,000
Central Staff Services: $1,006,000
Financial Administration: $743,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $400,000
General - Other: $216,000
- Electric Utilities - Interest on Debt: $244,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $19,112,000
Housing and Community Development: $115,000
- Local Intergovernmental - General Local Government Support: $3,250,000
All Other: $426,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $1,567,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $436,000
Interest Earnings: $375,000
Rents: $20,000
Special Assessments: $7,000
Donations From Private Sources: $2,000
- NEW for 2005 - Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $24,213,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $22,646,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Local Fire Protection: $640,000
Solid Waste Management: $336,000
Police Protection: $280,000
Sewerage: $248,000
Water Utilities: $106,000
Regular Highways: $101,000
General - Other: $72,000
Electric Utilities: $26,000
Central Staff Services: $10,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $4,971,000
- Revenue - Electric Utilities: $44,492,000
Water Utilities: $2,802,000
- State Intergovernmental - General Local Government Support: $1,639,000
All Other: $865,000
Highways: $735,000
Housing and Community Development: $85,000
- Tax - Property: $7,293,000
Occupation and Business License, NEC: $335,000
NEC: $218,000
Other Selective Sales: $164,000
Motor Vehicle License: $160,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $16,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $11,555,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $440,000
4.71% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($26,750 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 4.71% | | North Carolina average: | 8.53% |
0.06% of residents moved from foreign countries ($398 average AGI)| Lenoir County: | 0.06% | | North Carolina average: | 0.17% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
5.61% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($30,719 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.61% | | North Carolina average: | 7.27% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Kinston:
- WRNS (960 AM; 5 kW; KINSTON, NC; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
- WLNR (1230 AM; 1 kW; KINSTON, NC; Owner: CONNER MEDIA CORPORATION)
- WELS (1010 AM; 1 kW; KINSTON, NC; Owner: KINSTON CHRISTIAN RADIO, INC.)
- WNCT (1070 AM; 10 kW; GREENVILLE, NC; Owner: WNCT LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WPTF (680 AM; 50 kW; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: FIRST STATE COMMUNICATIONS)
- WSMO (1120 AM; 20 kW; CAMP LEJEUNE, NC; Owner: CTC MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
- WDJS (1430 AM; 10 kW; MOUNT OLIVE, NC; Owner: MOUNT OLIVE BROADCASTING CO.)
- WGHB (1250 AM; 5 kW; FARMVILLE, NC; Owner: CONNER MEDIA, INC.)
- WGBR (1150 AM; 5 kW; GOLDSBORO, NC; Owner: NEW AGE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.)
- WFTK (1030 AM; daytime; 50 kW; WAKE FOREST, NC; Owner: POSITIVE RADIO GROUP, INC.)
- WSTK (910 AM; 5 kW; JACKSONVILLE, NC; Owner: EASTERN BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WGTM (590 AM; 5 kW; WILSON, NC; Owner: SPIRIT BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WDLX (930 AM; 5 kW; WASHINGTON, NC; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
Strongest FM radio stations in Kinston:
- WRNS-FM (95.1 FM; KINSTON, NC; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
- WZBR (97.7 FM; KINSTON, NC; Owner: ABG NORTH CAROLINA, LLC)
- WERO (93.3 FM; WASHINGTON, NC; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
- WNCT-FM (107.9 FM; GREENVILLE, NC; Owner: WNCT LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WELS-FM (102.9 FM; KINSTON, NC; Owner: KINSTON CHRISTIAN RADIO, INC.)
- W240AW (95.9 FM; KINSTON, NC; Owner: BIBLE BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
- WSFL-FM (106.5 FM; NEW BERN, NC; Owner: WSFL LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WTRG (100.7 FM; ROCKY MOUNT, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WIKS (101.9 FM; NEW BERN, NC; Owner: WIKS LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WXNR (99.5 FM; GRIFTON, NC; Owner: WXNR LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WZUP (104.7 FM; ROSE HILL, NC; Owner: CONNER MEDIA CORPORATION)
- WYMY (96.9 FM; GOLDSBORO, NC; Owner: NEW AGE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.)
- WRDU (106.1 FM; WILSON, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WAGO (88.7 FM; SNOW HILL, NC; Owner: PATHWAY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY, INC.)
- WKNS (90.3 FM; KINSTON, NC; Owner: CRAVEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
- WKIX (102.3 FM; GOLDSBORO, NC; Owner: NEW AGE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WFXK (104.3 FM; TARBORO, NC; Owner: RADIO ONE LICENSES, LLC)
- WMGV (103.3 FM; NEWPORT, NC; Owner: WMGV LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WGPM (94.3 FM; FARMVILLE, NC; Owner: ABG NORTH CAROLINA, LLC)
- WTEB (89.3 FM; NEW BERN, NC; Owner: CRAVEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
TV broadcast stations around Kinston:
- W64AZ (Channel 64; KINSTON-GREENVILLE, NC; Owner: GOCOM TELEVISION, L.P.,)
- WITN-TV (Channel 7; WASHINGTON, NC; Owner: WITN LICENSEE CORP.)
- WNCT-TV (Channel 9; GREENVILLE, NC; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WCTI-TV (Channel 12; NEW BERN, NC; Owner: EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WUNM-TV (Channel 19; JACKSONVILLE, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- WUNK-TV (Channel 25; GREENVILLE, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- WEPX (Channel 38; GREENVILLE, NC; Owner: PAXSON GREENVILLE LICENSE, INC.)
- WYDO (Channel 14; GREENVILLE, NC; Owner: PIEDMONT TELEVISION OF EASTERN CAROLINA LICENSE LLC)
- WRAL-TV (Channel 5; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: CAPITOL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- WTVD (Channel 11; DURHAM, NC; Owner: ABC, INC.)
- WRAY-TV (Channel 30; WILSON, NC; Owner: WRAY, INC.)
- WNCN (Channel 17; GOLDSBORO, NC; Owner: OUTLET BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WLFL (Channel 22; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: WLFL LICENSEE, LLC)
- WRDC (Channel 28; DURHAM, NC; Owner: RALEIGH (WRDC-TV) LICENSEE, INC.)
- WHFL-LP (Channel 56; GOLDSBORO, NC; Owner: FREE LIFE MINISTRIES, INC.)
- W60CV (Channel 60; GREENVILLE, NC; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
Fatal accident count (per 100,000 population)
See more detailed statistics of Kinston fatal car crashes and road traffic accidents for 1975 - 2008 here
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 26
Total length: 99 meters (325ft)
Total costs: $5,338,000
Total average daily traffic: 242,990
Total average daily truck traffic: 22,487
New bridges - Historical Statistics
- 1930-1939: 2
- 1940-1949: 0
- 1950-1959: 5
- 1960-1969: 6
- 1970-1979: 4
- 1980-1989: 4
- 1990-1999: 1
- 2000-2009: 4
See Full National Bridge Inventory Statistics for Kinston, NC
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 5 (See the full list of FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers in Kinston)
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 28 (See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers)
FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers: 4 (See the full list of FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers in Kinston, NC)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 39 (See the full list of FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers)
FCC Registered Broadcast Land Mobile Towers: 1 (See the full list of FCC Registered Broadcast Land Mobile Towers)
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 15 (See the full list of FCC Registered Microwave Towers in this town)
FCC Registered Paging Towers: 5 (See the full list of FCC Registered Paging Towers)
FCC Registered Maritime Coast & Aviation Ground Towers: 7 (See the full list of FCC Registered Maritime Coast & Aviation Ground Towers)
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 83 (See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Kinston)
FAA Registered Aircraft Manufacturers and Dealers: 2 (See the full list of FAA Registered Manufacturers and Dealers in Kinston)
FAA Registered Aircrafts: 23 (See the full list of FAA Registered Aircrafts)
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:- Fire: 48
- Hazardous Condition: 49
- Service Call: 3
See Full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Statistics for Kinston, NC
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