Betsy Layne vs Wheelwright

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

Betsy Layne 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 573 in Betsy Layne). Wheelwright has the higher median household income ($58,250 vs $31,648 in Betsy Layne). Since 2019, Betsy Layne's population has grown faster (+66.1% vs +35.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Betsy Layne	Wheelwright
Population	573	945
Median age	68.0 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$31,648	$58,250
Median home value	—	$85,700
Median gross rent	$731	$538
Housing units	355	316
Homeownership rate	74.0%	71.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	16.5%	12.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Betsy Layne	Wheelwright
Population	345 → 573 (+66.1%)	696 → 945 (+35.8%)
Median household income	$37,841 → $31,648 (-16.4%)	$20,417 → $58,250 (+185.3%)
Median home value	$122,300 → $92,400 (-24.4%)	$37,100 → $85,700 (+131.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$535 → $538 (+0.6%)

Betsy Layne

Population

345573

Median household income

$37,841$31,648

Median home value

$122,300$92,400

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)

	Betsy Layne	Wheelwright
Under 5	0.0%	4.6%
5 to 17	16.2%	11.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	21.4%
35 to 44	0.0%	22.8%
45 to 54	20.4%	7.3%
55 to 64	12.9%	16.8%
65 to 74	35.8%	7.6%
75 and over	14.7%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Betsy Layne	Wheelwright
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	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	1.9%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Betsy Layne	Wheelwright
No high school diploma	14.8%	26.7%
High school graduate	46.9%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Betsy Layne	Wheelwright
Drove alone	93.0%	94.1%
Carpooled	7.0%	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)

	Betsy Layne	Wheelwright
1-unit, detached	89.6%	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	10.4%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Betsy Layne	Wheelwright
Poverty rate	28.4%	35.0%
Average household size	1.88	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	—	38
Median year structure built	1957	1952