Knottsville vs Whitesville

A side-by-side comparison of Knottsville and Whitesville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Whitesville has the higher population (649 vs 206 in Knottsville). Knottsville has the higher median household income ($94,926 vs $78,333 in Whitesville). Knottsville has the higher median home value ($223,300 vs $132,700 in Whitesville).

Population, income & housing

	Knottsville	Whitesville
Population	206	649
Median age	55.0 yrs	29.8 yrs
Median household income	$94,926	$78,333
Median home value	$223,300	$132,700
Median gross rent	—	$817
Housing units	110	272
Homeownership rate	79.5%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.0%	24.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Knottsville	Whitesville
Population	247 → 206 (-16.6%)	522 → 649 (+24.3%)
Median household income	$95,855 → $94,926 (-1.0%)	$46,008 → $78,333 (+70.3%)
Median home value	$122,400 → $223,300 (+82.4%)	$110,200 → $132,700 (+20.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$727 → $817 (+12.4%)

Knottsville

Population

247206

Median household income

$95,855$94,926

Median home value

$122,400$223,300

Whitesville

Population

522649

Median household income

$46,008$78,333

Median home value

$110,200$132,700

Median gross rent

$727$817

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Knottsville	Whitesville
Under 5	2.4%	6.5%
5 to 17	9.7%	30.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.2%
25 to 34	0.0%	14.8%
35 to 44	2.4%	10.3%
45 to 54	35.4%	12.0%
55 to 64	6.8%	7.9%
65 to 74	31.1%	6.6%
75 and over	12.1%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Knottsville	Whitesville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	95.5%
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	0.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Knottsville	Whitesville
No high school diploma	0.0%	7.4%
High school graduate	54.7%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	19.3%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.8%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Knottsville	Whitesville
Drove alone	100.0%	78.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	11.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Knottsville	Whitesville
1-unit, detached	71.8%	81.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.8%
20 or more units	24.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Knottsville	Whitesville
Poverty rate	0.0%	7.6%
Average household size	2.31	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1970	1964