Barlow vs Blandville

A side-by-side comparison of Barlow and Blandville: population, income, housing, and more.

Barlow and Blandville are places in Kentucky. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Barlow has the higher population (508 vs 72 in Blandville). Blandville has the higher median household income ($43,125 vs $30,069 in Barlow). Barlow has the higher median home value ($80,700 vs $65,000 in Blandville).

Population, income & housing

	Barlow	Blandville
Population	508	72
Median age	31.5 yrs	60.3 yrs
Median household income	$30,069	$43,125
Median home value	$80,700	$65,000
Median gross rent	$579	—
Housing units	313	67
Homeownership rate	54.9%	59.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barlow	Blandville
Population	577 → 508 (-12.0%)	68 → 72 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$36,250 → $30,069 (-17.1%)	$60,833 → $43,125 (-29.1%)
Median home value	$72,000 → $80,700 (+12.1%)	—
Median gross rent	$613 → $579 (-5.5%)	—

Barlow

Population

577508

Median household income

$36,250$30,069

Median home value

$72,000$80,700

Median gross rent

$613$579

Blandville

Population

6872

Median household income

$60,833$43,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barlow	Blandville
Under 5	12.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.8%	8.3%
18 to 24	7.7%	2.8%
25 to 34	20.9%	6.9%
35 to 44	16.3%	5.6%
45 to 54	3.5%	13.9%
55 to 64	14.2%	33.3%
65 to 74	7.7%	13.9%
75 and over	6.3%	15.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barlow	Blandville
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	98.6%
Black or African American	6.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barlow	Blandville
No high school diploma	11.7%	20.3%
High school graduate	40.6%	56.3%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	12.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barlow	Blandville
Drove alone	88.1%	70.3%
Carpooled	5.9%	18.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	10.8%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barlow	Blandville
1-unit, detached	58.5%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	14.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.7%	13.4%

Poverty & households

	Barlow	Blandville
Poverty rate	31.7%	23.6%
Average household size	2.16	1.53
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1974	1972