Allen vs Wayland

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

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

Wayland has the higher population (360 vs 157 in Allen). Allen has the higher median household income ($33,036 vs $31,042 in Wayland). Since 2019, Wayland's population has grown faster (+2.3% vs -21.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Allen	Wayland
Population	157	360
Median age	22.8 yrs	30.2 yrs
Median household income	$33,036	$31,042
Median home value	—	$21,800
Median gross rent	$944	$1,047
Housing units	103	130
Homeownership rate	68.9%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	5.5%
Unemployment rate	32.9%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allen	Wayland
Population	201 → 157 (-21.9%)	352 → 360 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$16,964 → $33,036 (+94.7%)	$26,875 → $31,042 (+15.5%)
Median home value	—	$29,300 → $21,800 (-25.6%)
Median gross rent	$867 → $944 (+8.9%)	$686 → $1,047 (+52.6%)

Allen

Population

201157

Median household income

$16,964$33,036

Median gross rent

$867$944

Wayland

Population

352360

Median household income

$26,875$31,042

Median home value

$29,300$21,800

Median gross rent

$686$1,047

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allen	Wayland
Under 5	17.8%	3.1%
5 to 17	17.8%	23.6%
18 to 24	14.6%	17.5%
25 to 34	1.3%	12.2%
35 to 44	26.1%	10.0%
45 to 54	7.0%	11.9%
55 to 64	5.7%	6.4%
65 to 74	2.5%	14.4%
75 and over	7.0%	0.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allen	Wayland
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	93.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
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%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allen	Wayland
No high school diploma	6.4%	31.8%
High school graduate	29.5%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	50.0%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	3.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allen	Wayland
Drove alone	84.4%	87.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allen	Wayland
1-unit, detached	83.5%	48.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	51.5%

Poverty & households

	Allen	Wayland
Poverty rate	18.4%	52.5%
Average household size	2.12	3.15
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1960	1977