Augusta vs Brooksville

A side-by-side comparison of Augusta and Brooksville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Augusta has the higher population (1,514 vs 805 in Brooksville). Brooksville has the higher median household income ($55,625 vs $43,854 in Augusta). Augusta has the higher median home value ($100,700 vs $82,600 in Brooksville).

Population, income & housing

	Augusta	Brooksville
Population	1,514	805
Median age	38.4 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$43,854	$55,625
Median home value	$100,700	$82,600
Median gross rent	$696	$708
Housing units	770	329
Homeownership rate	53.2%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Augusta	Brooksville
Population	1,204 → 1,514 (+25.7%)	739 → 805 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$37,813 → $43,854 (+16.0%)	$22,054 → $55,625 (+152.2%)
Median home value	$110,000 → $100,700 (-8.5%)	$92,300 → $82,600 (-10.5%)
Median gross rent	$568 → $696 (+22.5%)	$524 → $708 (+35.1%)

Augusta

Population

1,2041,514

Median household income

$37,813$43,854

Median home value

$110,000$100,700

Median gross rent

$568$696

Brooksville

Population

739805

Median household income

$22,054$55,625

Median home value

$92,300$82,600

Median gross rent

$524$708

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Augusta	Brooksville
Under 5	8.3%	10.1%
5 to 17	16.6%	22.5%
18 to 24	10.8%	10.8%
25 to 34	13.6%	10.7%
35 to 44	8.0%	13.4%
45 to 54	16.6%	5.2%
55 to 64	12.1%	12.0%
65 to 74	9.6%	11.2%
75 and over	4.4%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Augusta	Brooksville
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	95.7%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.0%	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	0.7%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Augusta	Brooksville
No high school diploma	12.2%	18.4%
High school graduate	39.1%	45.6%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Augusta	Brooksville
Drove alone	72.4%	75.9%
Carpooled	19.3%	15.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	7.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	0.7%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Augusta	Brooksville
1-unit, detached	56.6%	56.8%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	5.2%
20 or more units	1.8%	9.7%
Mobile home & other	14.2%	24.6%

Poverty & households

	Augusta	Brooksville
Poverty rate	27.3%	28.9%
Average household size	2.45	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	26	36
Median year structure built	1943	1973