Maceo vs Thruston

A side-by-side comparison of Maceo and Thruston: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Thruston has the higher population (2,675 vs 533 in Maceo). Thruston has the higher median home value ($160,300 vs $107,500 in Maceo). Since 2019, Maceo's population has grown faster (+31.0% vs +27.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Maceo	Thruston
Population	533	2,675
Median age	56.4 yrs	30.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$83,707
Median home value	$107,500	$160,300
Median gross rent	$836	$764
Housing units	218	823
Homeownership rate	77.1%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.6%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maceo	Thruston
Population	407 → 533 (+31.0%)	2,104 → 2,675 (+27.1%)
Median household income	$40,667 → $31,875 (-21.6%)	$70,262 → $83,707 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$49,600 → $107,500 (+116.7%)	$117,800 → $160,300 (+36.1%)
Median gross rent	$621 → $836 (+34.6%)	$717 → $764 (+6.6%)

Maceo

Population

407533

Median household income

$40,667$31,875

Median home value

$49,600$107,500

Median gross rent

$621$836

Thruston

Population

2,1042,675

Median household income

$70,262$83,707

Median home value

$117,800$160,300

Median gross rent

$717$764

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Maceo	Thruston
Under 5	3.6%	13.3%
5 to 17	12.8%	15.9%
18 to 24	6.9%	4.7%
25 to 34	5.1%	26.8%
35 to 44	8.8%	5.2%
45 to 54	6.2%	10.8%
55 to 64	41.7%	16.8%
65 to 74	8.8%	5.7%
75 and over	6.2%	0.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maceo	Thruston
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	98.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.9%
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	7.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maceo	Thruston
No high school diploma	22.7%	26.9%
High school graduate	37.9%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maceo	Thruston
Drove alone	68.4%	81.3%
Carpooled	23.3%	11.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maceo	Thruston
1-unit, detached	82.1%	59.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.9%	39.2%

Poverty & households

	Maceo	Thruston
Poverty rate	10.9%	18.2%
Average household size	2.44	3.25
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1959	1990