Masonville vs Owensboro

A side-by-side comparison of Masonville and Owensboro: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Owensboro has the higher population (60,112 vs 2,634 in Masonville). Masonville has the higher median household income ($89,102 vs $53,295 in Owensboro). Masonville has the higher median home value ($228,600 vs $162,900 in Owensboro).

Population, income & housing

	Masonville	Owensboro
Population	2,634	60,112
Median age	35.4 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$89,102	$53,295
Median home value	$228,600	$162,900
Median gross rent	—	$900
Housing units	966	27,214
Homeownership rate	97.0%	55.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Masonville	Owensboro
Population	1,381 → 2,634 (+90.7%)	59,536 → 60,112 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$69,955 → $89,102 (+27.4%)	$43,369 → $53,295 (+22.9%)
Median home value	$133,500 → $228,600 (+71.2%)	$113,400 → $162,900 (+43.7%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $725 (+16.0%)	$769 → $900 (+17.0%)

Masonville

Population

1,3812,634

Median household income

$69,955$89,102

Median home value

$133,500$228,600

Median gross rent

$625$725

Owensboro

Population

59,53660,112

Median household income

$43,369$53,295

Median home value

$113,400$162,900

Median gross rent

$769$900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Masonville	Owensboro
Under 5	6.9%	6.6%
5 to 17	28.0%	17.4%
18 to 24	2.1%	9.5%
25 to 34	12.6%	13.8%
35 to 44	27.4%	10.9%
45 to 54	5.4%	11.5%
55 to 64	5.5%	12.0%
65 to 74	10.6%	10.2%
75 and over	1.4%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Masonville	Owensboro
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	80.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Masonville	Owensboro
No high school diploma	3.4%	10.3%
High school graduate	21.6%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	49.1%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Masonville	Owensboro
Drove alone	89.9%	81.0%
Carpooled	6.5%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	3.6%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Masonville	Owensboro
1-unit, detached	90.3%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	12.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Masonville	Owensboro
Poverty rate	6.6%	19.9%
Average household size	3.00	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	2008	1972