Auxier vs Wheelwright

A side-by-side comparison of Auxier and Wheelwright: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wheelwright has the higher population (945 vs 795 in Auxier). Auxier has the higher median household income ($113,565 vs $58,250 in Wheelwright). Auxier has the higher median home value ($116,000 vs $85,700 in Wheelwright).

Population, income & housing

	Auxier	Wheelwright
Population	795	945
Median age	46.9 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$113,565	$58,250
Median home value	$116,000	$85,700
Median gross rent	—	$538
Housing units	255	316
Homeownership rate	92.0%	71.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	12.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auxier	Wheelwright
Population	1,045 → 795 (-23.9%)	696 → 945 (+35.8%)
Median household income	$56,806 → $113,565 (+99.9%)	$20,417 → $58,250 (+185.3%)
Median home value	$73,400 → $116,000 (+58.0%)	$37,100 → $85,700 (+131.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$535 → $538 (+0.6%)

Auxier

Population

1,045795

Median household income

$56,806$113,565

Median home value

$73,400$116,000

Wheelwright

Population

696945

Median household income

$20,417$58,250

Median home value

$37,100$85,700

Median gross rent

$535$538

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auxier	Wheelwright
Under 5	3.1%	4.6%
5 to 17	14.8%	11.5%
18 to 24	6.5%	5.7%
25 to 34	12.5%	21.4%
35 to 44	3.3%	22.8%
45 to 54	24.7%	7.3%
55 to 64	20.0%	16.8%
65 to 74	14.5%	7.6%
75 and over	0.6%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auxier	Wheelwright
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	90.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auxier	Wheelwright
No high school diploma	11.0%	26.7%
High school graduate	29.8%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	41.5%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auxier	Wheelwright
Drove alone	89.0%	94.1%
Carpooled	11.0%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auxier	Wheelwright
1-unit, detached	78.0%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.0%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Auxier	Wheelwright
Poverty rate	16.9%	35.0%
Average household size	3.14	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	19	38
Median year structure built	1946	1952