Fredonia vs Princeton

A side-by-side comparison of Fredonia and Princeton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Princeton has the higher population (6,242 vs 403 in Fredonia). Fredonia has the higher median household income ($67,396 vs $51,875 in Princeton). Fredonia has the higher median home value ($94,600 vs $89,700 in Princeton).

Population, income & housing

	Fredonia	Princeton
Population	403	6,242
Median age	37.6 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$67,396	$51,875
Median home value	$94,600	$89,700
Median gross rent	$783	$719
Housing units	179	2,928
Homeownership rate	85.6%	56.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fredonia	Princeton
Population	646 → 403 (-37.6%)	6,116 → 6,242 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$57,083 → $67,396 (+18.1%)	$40,574 → $51,875 (+27.9%)
Median home value	$77,500 → $94,600 (+22.1%)	$79,300 → $89,700 (+13.1%)
Median gross rent	$645 → $783 (+21.4%)	$584 → $719 (+23.1%)

Fredonia

Population

646403

Median household income

$57,083$67,396

Median home value

$77,500$94,600

Median gross rent

$645$783

Princeton

Population

6,1166,242

Median household income

$40,574$51,875

Median home value

$79,300$89,700

Median gross rent

$584$719

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fredonia	Princeton
Under 5	2.7%	5.8%
5 to 17	22.1%	19.7%
18 to 24	9.7%	9.8%
25 to 34	13.4%	9.1%
35 to 44	8.9%	10.2%
45 to 54	18.6%	12.6%
55 to 64	6.9%	12.3%
65 to 74	7.4%	11.1%
75 and over	10.2%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fredonia	Princeton
White (non-Hispanic)	96.5%	83.4%
Black or African American	3.0%	9.4%
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%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.5%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fredonia	Princeton
No high school diploma	5.7%	14.7%
High school graduate	36.0%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fredonia	Princeton
Drove alone	84.6%	68.3%
Carpooled	10.9%	19.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.3%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fredonia	Princeton
1-unit, detached	95.0%	81.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Fredonia	Princeton
Poverty rate	12.4%	13.7%
Average household size	2.63	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1959	1964