Bellevue vs Wilder

A side-by-side comparison of Bellevue and Wilder: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bellevue has the higher population (5,598 vs 3,148 in Wilder). Wilder has the higher median household income ($71,567 vs $67,143 in Bellevue). Bellevue has the higher median home value ($186,200 vs $137,600 in Wilder).

Population, income & housing

	Bellevue	Wilder
Population	5,598	3,148
Median age	34.9 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$67,143	$71,567
Median home value	$186,200	$137,600
Median gross rent	$1,124	$1,376
Housing units	2,915	1,747
Homeownership rate	68.3%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.0%	59.2%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellevue	Wilder
Population	5,804 → 5,598 (-3.5%)	3,088 → 3,148 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$63,415 → $67,143 (+5.9%)	$66,190 → $71,567 (+8.1%)
Median home value	$136,400 → $186,200 (+36.5%)	$140,000 → $137,600 (-1.7%)
Median gross rent	$794 → $1,124 (+41.6%)	$1,070 → $1,376 (+28.6%)

Bellevue

Population

5,8045,598

Median household income

$63,415$67,143

Median home value

$136,400$186,200

Median gross rent

$794$1,124

Wilder

Population

3,0883,148

Median household income

$66,190$71,567

Median home value

$140,000$137,600

Median gross rent

$1,070$1,376

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellevue	Wilder
Under 5	7.4%	6.2%
5 to 17	9.2%	9.9%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.1%
25 to 34	26.7%	20.7%
35 to 44	12.6%	10.2%
45 to 54	9.6%	9.7%
55 to 64	12.5%	17.9%
65 to 74	9.4%	14.2%
75 and over	5.6%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellevue	Wilder
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	96.4%
Black or African American	1.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellevue	Wilder
No high school diploma	4.9%	3.4%
High school graduate	29.5%	18.7%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	18.8%
Bachelor's degree	30.7%	28.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	30.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellevue	Wilder
Drove alone	74.1%	72.7%
Carpooled	6.6%	5.0%
Public transit	2.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.8%	18.0%
Other means	0.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellevue	Wilder
1-unit, detached	68.7%	35.4%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	18.3%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	46.4%
20 or more units	4.8%	14.8%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bellevue	Wilder
Poverty rate	13.4%	15.8%
Average household size	2.06	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	18	18
Median year structure built	1938	1992