Betsy Layne vs Prestonsburg

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

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

Prestonsburg has the higher population (3,823 vs 573 in Betsy Layne). Betsy Layne has the higher median household income ($31,648 vs $27,265 in Prestonsburg). Since 2019, Betsy Layne's population has grown faster (+66.1% vs +6.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Betsy Layne	Prestonsburg
Population	573	3,823
Median age	68.0 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$31,648	$27,265
Median home value	—	$157,200
Median gross rent	$731	$456
Housing units	355	1,633
Homeownership rate	74.0%	46.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	16.5%	15.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Betsy Layne	Prestonsburg
Population	345 → 573 (+66.1%)	3,591 → 3,823 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$37,841 → $31,648 (-16.4%)	$26,563 → $27,265 (+2.6%)
Median home value	$122,300 → $92,400 (-24.4%)	$113,300 → $157,200 (+38.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$600 → $456 (-24.0%)

Betsy Layne

Population

345573

Median household income

$37,841$31,648

Median home value

$122,300$92,400

Prestonsburg

Population

3,5913,823

Median household income

$26,563$27,265

Median home value

$113,300$157,200

Median gross rent

$600$456

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Betsy Layne	Prestonsburg
Under 5	0.0%	4.9%
5 to 17	16.2%	17.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	14.2%
25 to 34	0.0%	13.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	12.5%
45 to 54	20.4%	8.6%
55 to 64	12.9%	5.9%
65 to 74	35.8%	13.9%
75 and over	14.7%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Betsy Layne	Prestonsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	93.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Betsy Layne	Prestonsburg
No high school diploma	14.8%	22.3%
High school graduate	46.9%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Betsy Layne	Prestonsburg
Drove alone	93.0%	80.2%
Carpooled	7.0%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Betsy Layne	Prestonsburg
1-unit, detached	89.6%	58.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	18.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Betsy Layne	Prestonsburg
Poverty rate	28.4%	44.0%
Average household size	1.88	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	—	18
Median year structure built	1957	1973