Middlesborough vs Pineville

A side-by-side comparison of Middlesborough and Pineville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Middlesborough has the higher population (9,258 vs 1,906 in Pineville). Middlesborough has the higher median household income ($34,349 vs $25,385 in Pineville). Pineville has the higher median home value ($99,000 vs $88,700 in Middlesborough).

Population, income & housing

	Middlesborough	Pineville
Population	9,258	1,906
Median age	41.8 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$34,349	$25,385
Median home value	$88,700	$99,000
Median gross rent	$670	$375
Housing units	4,412	873
Homeownership rate	57.8%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	11.2%	17.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middlesborough	Pineville
Population	9,395 → 9,258 (-1.5%)	1,831 → 1,906 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$25,488 → $34,349 (+34.8%)	$19,063 → $25,385 (+33.2%)
Median home value	$91,500 → $88,700 (-3.1%)	$89,300 → $99,000 (+10.9%)
Median gross rent	$538 → $670 (+24.5%)	$337 → $375 (+11.3%)

Middlesborough

Population

9,3959,258

Median household income

$25,488$34,349

Median home value

$91,500$88,700

Median gross rent

$538$670

Pineville

Population

1,8311,906

Median household income

$19,063$25,385

Median home value

$89,300$99,000

Median gross rent

$337$375

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Middlesborough	Pineville
Under 5	6.2%	4.0%
5 to 17	16.0%	18.7%
18 to 24	8.1%	7.2%
25 to 34	13.8%	7.7%
35 to 44	10.5%	14.3%
45 to 54	10.3%	17.3%
55 to 64	15.3%	13.5%
65 to 74	10.9%	13.1%
75 and over	9.0%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middlesborough	Pineville
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	89.2%
Black or African American	3.8%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	2.8%
Two or more races	4.1%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middlesborough	Pineville
No high school diploma	18.7%	25.0%
High school graduate	33.0%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middlesborough	Pineville
Drove alone	60.7%	74.3%
Carpooled	29.9%	14.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	5.3%
Other means	0.7%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middlesborough	Pineville
1-unit, detached	63.4%	54.4%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	17.3%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	5.3%
20 or more units	3.7%	16.6%
Mobile home & other	13.2%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Middlesborough	Pineville
Poverty rate	28.8%	32.0%
Average household size	2.38	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	18	20
Median year structure built	1973	1971