Whitesville vs Yelvington

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

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

Whitesville has the higher population (649 vs 511 in Yelvington). Whitesville has the higher median household income ($78,333 vs $50,038 in Yelvington). Yelvington has the higher median home value ($149,000 vs $132,700 in Whitesville).

Population, income & housing

	Whitesville	Yelvington
Population	649	511
Median age	29.8 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$78,333	$50,038
Median home value	$132,700	$149,000
Median gross rent	$817	—
Housing units	272	284
Homeownership rate	78.8%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	13.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Whitesville	Yelvington
Population	522 → 649 (+24.3%)	351 → 511 (+45.6%)
Median household income	$46,008 → $78,333 (+70.3%)	$51,354 → $50,038 (-2.6%)
Median home value	$110,200 → $132,700 (+20.4%)	$104,800 → $149,000 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$727 → $817 (+12.4%)	—

Whitesville

Population

522649

Median household income

$46,008$78,333

Median home value

$110,200$132,700

Median gross rent

$727$817

Yelvington

Population

351511

Median household income

$51,354$50,038

Median home value

$104,800$149,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Whitesville	Yelvington
Under 5	6.5%	1.6%
5 to 17	30.0%	25.2%
18 to 24	7.2%	10.0%
25 to 34	14.8%	11.7%
35 to 44	10.3%	21.3%
45 to 54	12.0%	7.6%
55 to 64	7.9%	14.3%
65 to 74	6.6%	1.8%
75 and over	4.6%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Whitesville	Yelvington
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	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	1.1%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Whitesville	Yelvington
No high school diploma	7.4%	13.9%
High school graduate	41.6%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	2.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Whitesville	Yelvington
Drove alone	78.2%	79.7%
Carpooled	6.6%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	0.0%
Other means	1.2%	13.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Whitesville	Yelvington
1-unit, detached	81.6%	70.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	29.9%

Poverty & households

	Whitesville	Yelvington
Poverty rate	7.6%	26.8%
Average household size	2.87	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1964	1960