Sorgho vs Whitesville

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

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

Sorgho has the higher population (2,928 vs 649 in Whitesville). Sorgho has the higher median household income ($118,688 vs $78,333 in Whitesville). Sorgho has the higher median home value ($252,800 vs $132,700 in Whitesville).

Population, income & housing

	Sorgho	Whitesville
Population	2,928	649
Median age	32.1 yrs	29.8 yrs
Median household income	$118,688	$78,333
Median home value	$252,800	$132,700
Median gross rent	—	$817
Housing units	857	272
Homeownership rate	95.7%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.8%	24.9%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sorgho	Whitesville
Population	2,208 → 2,928 (+32.6%)	522 → 649 (+24.3%)
Median household income	$107,427 → $118,688 (+10.5%)	$46,008 → $78,333 (+70.3%)
Median home value	$223,400 → $252,800 (+13.2%)	$110,200 → $132,700 (+20.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$727 → $817 (+12.4%)

Sorgho

Population

2,2082,928

Median household income

$107,427$118,688

Median home value

$223,400$252,800

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)

	Sorgho	Whitesville
Under 5	12.6%	6.5%
5 to 17	25.1%	30.0%
18 to 24	6.2%	7.2%
25 to 34	8.7%	14.8%
35 to 44	13.1%	10.3%
45 to 54	14.2%	12.0%
55 to 64	14.1%	7.9%
65 to 74	4.5%	6.6%
75 and over	1.5%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sorgho	Whitesville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	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	3.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sorgho	Whitesville
No high school diploma	0.0%	7.4%
High school graduate	21.5%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	40.7%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sorgho	Whitesville
Drove alone	82.5%	78.2%
Carpooled	10.3%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	11.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sorgho	Whitesville
1-unit, detached	98.1%	81.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Sorgho	Whitesville
Poverty rate	6.4%	7.6%
Average household size	3.42	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	2011	1964