Ghent vs Prestonville

A side-by-side comparison of Ghent and Prestonville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ghent has the higher population (272 vs 193 in Prestonville). Ghent has the higher median household income ($50,694 vs $17,315 in Prestonville). Ghent has the higher median home value ($126,100 vs $75,300 in Prestonville).

Population, income & housing

	Ghent	Prestonville
Population	272	193
Median age	38.7 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,694	$17,315
Median home value	$126,100	$75,300
Median gross rent	$994	$850
Housing units	170	105
Homeownership rate	49.2%	54.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.9%	0.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	19.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ghent	Prestonville
Population	407 → 272 (-33.2%)	113 → 193 (+70.8%)
Median household income	$44,444 → $50,694 (+14.1%)	$24,886 → $17,315 (-30.4%)
Median home value	$76,200 → $126,100 (+65.5%)	$92,900 → $75,300 (-18.9%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $994 (+30.3%)	$635 → $850 (+33.9%)

Ghent

Population

407272

Median household income

$44,444$50,694

Median home value

$76,200$126,100

Median gross rent

$763$994

Prestonville

Population

113193

Median household income

$24,886$17,315

Median home value

$92,900$75,300

Median gross rent

$635$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ghent	Prestonville
Under 5	5.1%	2.6%
5 to 17	16.5%	10.9%
18 to 24	8.8%	11.9%
25 to 34	10.7%	8.3%
35 to 44	15.4%	10.4%
45 to 54	15.4%	16.1%
55 to 64	17.3%	16.6%
65 to 74	6.6%	8.8%
75 and over	4.0%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ghent	Prestonville
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	87.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.2%
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%	1.6%
Two or more races	6.3%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ghent	Prestonville
No high school diploma	32.3%	38.2%
High school graduate	24.9%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ghent	Prestonville
Drove alone	86.3%	55.9%
Carpooled	5.3%	27.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.7%
Worked from home	3.1%	5.1%
Other means	3.8%	8.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ghent	Prestonville
1-unit, detached	68.8%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.1%	27.6%

Poverty & households

	Ghent	Prestonville
Poverty rate	26.8%	42.5%
Average household size	2.23	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	24	18
Median year structure built	1974	1966