Owensboro vs Thruston

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

Owensboro and Thruston 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 2,675 in Thruston). Thruston has the higher median household income ($83,707 vs $53,295 in Owensboro). Owensboro has the higher median home value ($162,900 vs $160,300 in Thruston).

Population, income & housing

	Owensboro	Thruston
Population	60,112	2,675
Median age	37.7 yrs	30.4 yrs
Median household income	$53,295	$83,707
Median home value	$162,900	$160,300
Median gross rent	$900	$764
Housing units	27,214	823
Homeownership rate	55.8%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Owensboro	Thruston
Population	59,536 → 60,112 (+1.0%)	2,104 → 2,675 (+27.1%)
Median household income	$43,369 → $53,295 (+22.9%)	$70,262 → $83,707 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$113,400 → $162,900 (+43.7%)	$117,800 → $160,300 (+36.1%)
Median gross rent	$769 → $900 (+17.0%)	$717 → $764 (+6.6%)

Owensboro

Population

59,53660,112

Median household income

$43,369$53,295

Median home value

$113,400$162,900

Median gross rent

$769$900

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)

	Owensboro	Thruston
Under 5	6.6%	13.3%
5 to 17	17.4%	15.9%
18 to 24	9.5%	4.7%
25 to 34	13.8%	26.8%
35 to 44	10.9%	5.2%
45 to 54	11.5%	10.8%
55 to 64	12.0%	16.8%
65 to 74	10.2%	5.7%
75 and over	8.2%	0.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Owensboro	Thruston
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	98.1%
Black or African American	6.4%	1.9%
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	Thruston
No high school diploma	10.3%	26.9%
High school graduate	34.5%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Owensboro	Thruston
Drove alone	81.0%	81.3%
Carpooled	9.2%	11.9%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	6.7%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Owensboro	Thruston
1-unit, detached	68.9%	59.2%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	39.2%

Poverty & households

	Owensboro	Thruston
Poverty rate	19.9%	18.2%
Average household size	2.31	3.25
Mean commute (minutes)	18	23
Median year structure built	1972	1990