Maceo vs Whitesville

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

Maceo 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 533 in Maceo). Whitesville has the higher median home value ($132,700 vs $107,500 in Maceo). Since 2019, Maceo's population has grown faster (+31.0% vs +24.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Maceo	Whitesville
Population	533	649
Median age	56.4 yrs	29.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$78,333
Median home value	$107,500	$132,700
Median gross rent	$836	$817
Housing units	218	272
Homeownership rate	77.1%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.6%	24.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maceo	Whitesville
Population	407 → 533 (+31.0%)	522 → 649 (+24.3%)
Median household income	$40,667 → $31,875 (-21.6%)	$46,008 → $78,333 (+70.3%)
Median home value	$49,600 → $107,500 (+116.7%)	$110,200 → $132,700 (+20.4%)
Median gross rent	$621 → $836 (+34.6%)	$727 → $817 (+12.4%)

Maceo

Population

407533

Median household income

$40,667$31,875

Median home value

$49,600$107,500

Median gross rent

$621$836

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)

	Maceo	Whitesville
Under 5	3.6%	6.5%
5 to 17	12.8%	30.0%
18 to 24	6.9%	7.2%
25 to 34	5.1%	14.8%
35 to 44	8.8%	10.3%
45 to 54	6.2%	12.0%
55 to 64	41.7%	7.9%
65 to 74	8.8%	6.6%
75 and over	6.2%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maceo	Whitesville
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	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	7.1%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maceo	Whitesville
No high school diploma	22.7%	7.4%
High school graduate	37.9%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maceo	Whitesville
Drove alone	68.4%	78.2%
Carpooled	23.3%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	11.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maceo	Whitesville
1-unit, detached	82.1%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.9%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Maceo	Whitesville
Poverty rate	10.9%	7.6%
Average household size	2.44	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1959	1964