Thruston vs Whitesville

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

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

Thruston has the higher population (2,675 vs 649 in Whitesville). Thruston has the higher median household income ($83,707 vs $78,333 in Whitesville). Thruston has the higher median home value ($160,300 vs $132,700 in Whitesville).

Population, income & housing

	Thruston	Whitesville
Population	2,675	649
Median age	30.4 yrs	29.8 yrs
Median household income	$83,707	$78,333
Median home value	$160,300	$132,700
Median gross rent	$764	$817
Housing units	823	272
Homeownership rate	77.4%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	24.9%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Thruston	Whitesville
Population	2,104 → 2,675 (+27.1%)	522 → 649 (+24.3%)
Median household income	$70,262 → $83,707 (+19.1%)	$46,008 → $78,333 (+70.3%)
Median home value	$117,800 → $160,300 (+36.1%)	$110,200 → $132,700 (+20.4%)
Median gross rent	$717 → $764 (+6.6%)	$727 → $817 (+12.4%)

Thruston

Population

2,1042,675

Median household income

$70,262$83,707

Median home value

$117,800$160,300

Median gross rent

$717$764

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)

	Thruston	Whitesville
Under 5	13.3%	6.5%
5 to 17	15.9%	30.0%
18 to 24	4.7%	7.2%
25 to 34	26.8%	14.8%
35 to 44	5.2%	10.3%
45 to 54	10.8%	12.0%
55 to 64	16.8%	7.9%
65 to 74	5.7%	6.6%
75 and over	0.8%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Thruston	Whitesville
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	95.5%
Black or African American	1.9%	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	0.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Thruston	Whitesville
No high school diploma	26.9%	7.4%
High school graduate	30.4%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Thruston	Whitesville
Drove alone	81.3%	78.2%
Carpooled	11.9%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	11.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Thruston	Whitesville
1-unit, detached	59.2%	81.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	39.2%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Thruston	Whitesville
Poverty rate	18.2%	7.6%
Average household size	3.25	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1990	1964