Knottsville vs Yelvington

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

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

Yelvington has the higher population (511 vs 206 in Knottsville). Knottsville has the higher median household income ($94,926 vs $50,038 in Yelvington). Knottsville has the higher median home value ($223,300 vs $149,000 in Yelvington).

Population, income & housing

	Knottsville	Yelvington
Population	206	511
Median age	55.0 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$94,926	$50,038
Median home value	$223,300	$149,000
Housing units	110	284
Homeownership rate	79.5%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.0%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	13.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Knottsville	Yelvington
Population	247 → 206 (-16.6%)	351 → 511 (+45.6%)
Median household income	$95,855 → $94,926 (-1.0%)	$51,354 → $50,038 (-2.6%)
Median home value	$122,400 → $223,300 (+82.4%)	$104,800 → $149,000 (+42.2%)

Knottsville

Population

247206

Median household income

$95,855$94,926

Median home value

$122,400$223,300

Yelvington

Population

351511

Median household income

$51,354$50,038

Median home value

$104,800$149,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Knottsville	Yelvington
Under 5	2.4%	1.6%
5 to 17	9.7%	25.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	10.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	11.7%
35 to 44	2.4%	21.3%
45 to 54	35.4%	7.6%
55 to 64	6.8%	14.3%
65 to 74	31.1%	1.8%
75 and over	12.1%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Knottsville	Yelvington
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%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Knottsville	Yelvington
No high school diploma	0.0%	13.9%
High school graduate	54.7%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	19.3%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	23.8%	2.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Knottsville	Yelvington
Drove alone	100.0%	79.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	13.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Knottsville	Yelvington
1-unit, detached	71.8%	70.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	24.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	29.9%

Poverty & households

	Knottsville	Yelvington
Poverty rate	0.0%	26.8%
Average household size	2.31	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1970	1960