Hebron vs Petersburg

A side-by-side comparison of Hebron and Petersburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hebron has the higher population (6,637 vs 532 in Petersburg). Petersburg has the higher median household income ($123,669 vs $101,980 in Hebron). Petersburg has the higher median home value ($219,300 vs $216,400 in Hebron).

Population, income & housing

	Hebron	Petersburg
Population	6,637	532
Median age	31.6 yrs	26.0 yrs
Median household income	$101,980	$123,669
Median home value	$216,400	$219,300
Median gross rent	$1,402	—
Housing units	2,167	195
Homeownership rate	82.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.2%	56.5%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hebron	Petersburg
Population	6,461 → 6,637 (+2.7%)	579 → 532 (-8.1%)
Median household income	$89,602 → $101,980 (+13.8%)	$89,659 → $123,669 (+37.9%)
Median home value	$159,200 → $216,400 (+35.9%)	$176,300 → $219,300 (+24.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,114 → $1,402 (+25.9%)	—

Hebron

Population

6,4616,637

Median household income

$89,602$101,980

Median home value

$159,200$216,400

Median gross rent

$1,114$1,402

Petersburg

Population

579532

Median household income

$89,659$123,669

Median home value

$176,300$219,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hebron	Petersburg
Under 5	8.5%	12.8%
5 to 17	22.0%	26.1%
18 to 24	9.3%	4.5%
25 to 34	12.9%	39.8%
35 to 44	18.7%	7.7%
45 to 54	10.9%	3.8%
55 to 64	11.3%	0.0%
65 to 74	3.1%	4.1%
75 and over	3.1%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hebron	Petersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	81.8%	94.4%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	12.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hebron	Petersburg
No high school diploma	11.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	26.3%	5.0%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	47.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hebron	Petersburg
Drove alone	78.1%	85.5%
Carpooled	9.3%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	4.6%
Other means	3.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hebron	Petersburg
1-unit, detached	93.5%	76.4%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	23.6%

Poverty & households

	Hebron	Petersburg
Poverty rate	10.1%	0.0%
Average household size	3.31	3.57
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1996	1980