Ghent vs Worthville

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

Ghent and Worthville 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 147 in Worthville). Ghent has the higher median household income ($50,694 vs $33,036 in Worthville). Ghent has the higher median home value ($126,100 vs $47,200 in Worthville).

Population, income & housing

	Ghent	Worthville
Population	272	147
Median age	38.7 yrs	52.2 yrs
Median household income	$50,694	$33,036
Median home value	$126,100	$47,200
Median gross rent	$994	—
Housing units	170	90
Homeownership rate	49.2%	67.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.9%	3.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ghent	Worthville
Population	407 → 272 (-33.2%)	184 → 147 (-20.1%)
Median household income	$44,444 → $50,694 (+14.1%)	$33,750 → $33,036 (-2.1%)
Median home value	$76,200 → $126,100 (+65.5%)	$46,400 → $47,200 (+1.7%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $994 (+30.3%)	—

Ghent

Population

407272

Median household income

$44,444$50,694

Median home value

$76,200$126,100

Median gross rent

$763$994

Worthville

Population

184147

Median household income

$33,750$33,036

Median home value

$46,400$47,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ghent	Worthville
Under 5	5.1%	2.7%
5 to 17	16.5%	10.9%
18 to 24	8.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.7%	10.9%
35 to 44	15.4%	13.6%
45 to 54	15.4%	27.9%
55 to 64	17.3%	26.5%
65 to 74	6.6%	2.0%
75 and over	4.0%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ghent	Worthville
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	78.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	21.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ghent	Worthville
No high school diploma	32.3%	25.2%
High school graduate	24.9%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ghent	Worthville
Drove alone	86.3%	82.0%
Carpooled	5.3%	1.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	9.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	6.6%
Other means	3.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ghent	Worthville
1-unit, detached	68.8%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.1%	26.7%

Poverty & households

	Ghent	Worthville
Poverty rate	26.8%	42.4%
Average household size	2.23	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1974	1965