Owensboro vs Whitesville

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

Owensboro and Whitesville 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 649 in Whitesville). Whitesville has the higher median household income ($78,333 vs $53,295 in Owensboro). Owensboro has the higher median home value ($162,900 vs $132,700 in Whitesville).

Population, income & housing

	Owensboro	Whitesville
Population	60,112	649
Median age	37.7 yrs	29.8 yrs
Median household income	$53,295	$78,333
Median home value	$162,900	$132,700
Median gross rent	$900	$817
Housing units	27,214	272
Homeownership rate	55.8%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	24.9%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Owensboro	Whitesville
Population	59,536 → 60,112 (+1.0%)	522 → 649 (+24.3%)
Median household income	$43,369 → $53,295 (+22.9%)	$46,008 → $78,333 (+70.3%)
Median home value	$113,400 → $162,900 (+43.7%)	$110,200 → $132,700 (+20.4%)
Median gross rent	$769 → $900 (+17.0%)	$727 → $817 (+12.4%)

Owensboro

Population

59,53660,112

Median household income

$43,369$53,295

Median home value

$113,400$162,900

Median gross rent

$769$900

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)

	Owensboro	Whitesville
Under 5	6.6%	6.5%
5 to 17	17.4%	30.0%
18 to 24	9.5%	7.2%
25 to 34	13.8%	14.8%
35 to 44	10.9%	10.3%
45 to 54	11.5%	12.0%
55 to 64	12.0%	7.9%
65 to 74	10.2%	6.6%
75 and over	8.2%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Owensboro	Whitesville
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	95.5%
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%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Owensboro	Whitesville
No high school diploma	10.3%	7.4%
High school graduate	34.5%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Owensboro	Whitesville
Drove alone	81.0%	78.2%
Carpooled	9.2%	6.6%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	11.1%
Other means	0.7%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Owensboro	Whitesville
1-unit, detached	68.9%	81.6%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	8.8%
20 or more units	5.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Owensboro	Whitesville
Poverty rate	19.9%	7.6%
Average household size	2.31	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	18	26
Median year structure built	1972	1964