Owensboro vs Philpot

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

Owensboro and Philpot 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 1,098 in Philpot). Philpot has the higher median household income ($85,833 vs $53,295 in Owensboro). Philpot has the higher median home value ($242,100 vs $162,900 in Owensboro).

Population, income & housing

	Owensboro	Philpot
Population	60,112	1,098
Median age	37.7 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$53,295	$85,833
Median home value	$162,900	$242,100
Median gross rent	$900	—
Housing units	27,214	429
Homeownership rate	55.8%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	42.6%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Owensboro	Philpot
Population	59,536 → 60,112 (+1.0%)	968 → 1,098 (+13.4%)
Median household income	$43,369 → $53,295 (+22.9%)	$90,795 → $85,833 (-5.5%)
Median home value	$113,400 → $162,900 (+43.7%)	$184,800 → $242,100 (+31.0%)
Median gross rent	$769 → $900 (+17.0%)	—

Owensboro

Population

59,53660,112

Median household income

$43,369$53,295

Median home value

$113,400$162,900

Median gross rent

$769$900

Philpot

Population

9681,098

Median household income

$90,795$85,833

Median home value

$184,800$242,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Owensboro	Philpot
Under 5	6.6%	7.4%
5 to 17	17.4%	19.7%
18 to 24	9.5%	5.5%
25 to 34	13.8%	6.6%
35 to 44	10.9%	12.8%
45 to 54	11.5%	14.2%
55 to 64	12.0%	15.4%
65 to 74	10.2%	9.3%
75 and over	8.2%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Owensboro	Philpot
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	6.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Owensboro	Philpot
No high school diploma	10.3%	3.1%
High school graduate	34.5%	29.8%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	29.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Owensboro	Philpot
Drove alone	81.0%	69.4%
Carpooled	9.2%	7.6%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	9.2%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	13.8%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Owensboro	Philpot
1-unit, detached	68.9%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	Owensboro	Philpot
Poverty rate	19.9%	8.8%
Average household size	2.31	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	18	17
Median year structure built	1972	1976