Betsy Layne vs Wayland

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

Betsy Layne and Wayland 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 360 in Wayland). Betsy Layne has the higher median household income ($31,648 vs $31,042 in Wayland). Since 2019, Betsy Layne's population has grown faster (+66.1% vs +2.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Betsy Layne	Wayland
Population	573	360
Median age	68.0 yrs	30.2 yrs
Median household income	$31,648	$31,042
Median home value	—	$21,800
Median gross rent	$731	$1,047
Housing units	355	130
Homeownership rate	74.0%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	5.5%
Unemployment rate	16.5%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Betsy Layne	Wayland
Population	345 → 573 (+66.1%)	352 → 360 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$37,841 → $31,648 (-16.4%)	$26,875 → $31,042 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$122,300 → $92,400 (-24.4%)	$29,300 → $21,800 (-25.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$686 → $1,047 (+52.6%)

Betsy Layne

Population

345573

Median household income

$37,841$31,648

Median home value

$122,300$92,400

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)

	Betsy Layne	Wayland
Under 5	0.0%	3.1%
5 to 17	16.2%	23.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	17.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	12.2%
35 to 44	0.0%	10.0%
45 to 54	20.4%	11.9%
55 to 64	12.9%	6.4%
65 to 74	35.8%	14.4%
75 and over	14.7%	0.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Betsy Layne	Wayland
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	93.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
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%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Betsy Layne	Wayland
No high school diploma	14.8%	31.8%
High school graduate	46.9%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	3.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Betsy Layne	Wayland
Drove alone	93.0%	87.4%
Carpooled	7.0%	12.6%
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%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Betsy Layne	Wayland
1-unit, detached	89.6%	48.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	51.5%

Poverty & households

	Betsy Layne	Wayland
Poverty rate	28.4%	52.5%
Average household size	1.88	3.15
Mean commute (minutes)	—	22
Median year structure built	1957	1977