Allen vs McDowell

A side-by-side comparison of Allen and McDowell: population, income, housing, and more.

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

McDowell has the higher population (549 vs 157 in Allen). McDowell has the higher median household income ($35,576 vs $33,036 in Allen). Since 2019, McDowell's population has grown faster (-16.3% vs -21.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Allen	McDowell
Population	157	549
Median age	22.8 yrs	55.2 yrs
Median household income	$33,036	$35,576
Median home value	—	$73,600
Median gross rent	$944	—
Housing units	103	344
Homeownership rate	68.9%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	26.2%
Unemployment rate	32.9%	28.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allen	McDowell
Population	201 → 157 (-21.9%)	656 → 549 (-16.3%)
Median household income	$16,964 → $33,036 (+94.7%)	$28,319 → $35,576 (+25.6%)
Median home value	—	$70,400 → $73,600 (+4.5%)
Median gross rent	$867 → $944 (+8.9%)	$411 → $835 (+103.2%)

Allen

Population

201157

Median household income

$16,964$33,036

Median gross rent

$867$944

McDowell

Population

656549

Median household income

$28,319$35,576

Median home value

$70,400$73,600

Median gross rent

$411$835

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allen	McDowell
Under 5	17.8%	6.7%
5 to 17	17.8%	13.5%
18 to 24	14.6%	1.8%
25 to 34	1.3%	13.7%
35 to 44	26.1%	0.4%
45 to 54	7.0%	12.4%
55 to 64	5.7%	21.3%
65 to 74	2.5%	11.7%
75 and over	7.0%	18.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allen	McDowell
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	99.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allen	McDowell
No high school diploma	6.4%	11.2%
High school graduate	29.5%	38.8%
Some college or associate's	50.0%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	17.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allen	McDowell
Drove alone	84.4%	71.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	18.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	10.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allen	McDowell
1-unit, detached	83.5%	62.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.1%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	18.0%

Poverty & households

	Allen	McDowell
Poverty rate	18.4%	41.0%
Average household size	2.12	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	21	—
Median year structure built	1960	1985