Betsy Layne vs McDowell

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

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

Betsy Layne has the higher population (573 vs 549 in McDowell). McDowell has the higher median household income ($35,576 vs $31,648 in Betsy Layne). Since 2019, Betsy Layne's population has grown faster (+66.1% vs -16.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Betsy Layne	McDowell
Population	573	549
Median age	68.0 yrs	55.2 yrs
Median household income	$31,648	$35,576
Median home value	—	$73,600
Median gross rent	$731	—
Housing units	355	344
Homeownership rate	74.0%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	26.2%
Unemployment rate	16.5%	28.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Betsy Layne	McDowell
Population	345 → 573 (+66.1%)	656 → 549 (-16.3%)
Median household income	$37,841 → $31,648 (-16.4%)	$28,319 → $35,576 (+25.6%)
Median home value	$122,300 → $92,400 (-24.4%)	$70,400 → $73,600 (+4.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$411 → $835 (+103.2%)

Betsy Layne

Population

345573

Median household income

$37,841$31,648

Median home value

$122,300$92,400

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)

	Betsy Layne	McDowell
Under 5	0.0%	6.7%
5 to 17	16.2%	13.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	1.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	13.7%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.4%
45 to 54	20.4%	12.4%
55 to 64	12.9%	21.3%
65 to 74	35.8%	11.7%
75 and over	14.7%	18.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Betsy Layne	McDowell
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	99.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
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	1.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Betsy Layne	McDowell
No high school diploma	14.8%	11.2%
High school graduate	46.9%	38.8%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	17.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Betsy Layne	McDowell
Drove alone	93.0%	71.6%
Carpooled	7.0%	18.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	10.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Betsy Layne	McDowell
1-unit, detached	89.6%	62.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	18.0%

Poverty & households

	Betsy Layne	McDowell
Poverty rate	28.4%	41.0%
Average household size	1.88	1.99
Median year structure built	1957	1985