Catlettsburg vs Ironville

A side-by-side comparison of Catlettsburg and Ironville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Catlettsburg has the higher population (1,672 vs 454 in Ironville). Ironville has the higher median household income ($38,750 vs $34,524 in Catlettsburg). Since 2019, Catlettsburg's population has grown faster (-11.8% vs -53.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Catlettsburg	Ironville
Population	1,672	454
Median age	48.4 yrs	68.4 yrs
Median household income	$34,524	$38,750
Median home value	$71,400	—
Median gross rent	$590	—
Housing units	954	340
Homeownership rate	51.6%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.2%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	12.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Catlettsburg	Ironville
Population	1,895 → 1,672 (-11.8%)	984 → 454 (-53.9%)
Median household income	$28,145 → $34,524 (+22.7%)	$65,313 → $38,750 (-40.7%)
Median home value	$70,700 → $71,400 (+1.0%)	$153,600 → $114,800 (-25.3%)
Median gross rent	$454 → $590 (+30.0%)	$783 → $935 (+19.4%)

Catlettsburg

Population

1,8951,672

Median household income

$28,145$34,524

Median home value

$70,700$71,400

Median gross rent

$454$590

Ironville

Population

984454

Median household income

$65,313$38,750

Median home value

$153,600$114,800

Median gross rent

$783$935

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Catlettsburg	Ironville
Under 5	3.4%	5.1%
5 to 17	11.7%	15.6%
18 to 24	6.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.7%	3.7%
35 to 44	11.9%	17.0%
45 to 54	12.7%	4.4%
55 to 64	12.1%	2.0%
65 to 74	15.2%	9.5%
75 and over	14.8%	42.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Catlettsburg	Ironville
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	96.5%
Black or African American	6.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Catlettsburg	Ironville
No high school diploma	17.8%	21.1%
High school graduate	49.0%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	42.8%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Catlettsburg	Ironville
Drove alone	78.2%	100.0%
Carpooled	10.4%	0.0%
Public transit	2.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Catlettsburg	Ironville
1-unit, detached	66.5%	90.0%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	11.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Catlettsburg	Ironville
Poverty rate	25.4%	26.9%
Average household size	1.98	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	19	13
Median year structure built	1956	1973