Maytown vs McDowell

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

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

McDowell has the higher population (549 vs 14 in Maytown). Since 2019, McDowell's population has grown faster (-16.3% vs -84.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Maytown	McDowell
Population	14	549
Median age	—	55.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$35,576
Median home value	—	$73,600
Housing units	68	344
Homeownership rate	0.0%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	26.2%
Unemployment rate	—	28.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maytown	McDowell
Population	92 → 14 (-84.8%)	656 → 549 (-16.3%)
Median household income	—	$28,319 → $35,576 (+25.6%)
Median home value	—	$70,400 → $73,600 (+4.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$411 → $835 (+103.2%)

Maytown

Population

9214

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)

	Maytown	McDowell
Under 5	0.0%	6.7%
5 to 17	0.0%	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	0.0%	12.4%
55 to 64	0.0%	21.3%
65 to 74	100.0%	11.7%
75 and over	0.0%	18.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maytown	McDowell
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maytown	McDowell
No high school diploma	0.0%	11.2%
High school graduate	0.0%	38.8%
Some college or associate's	100.0%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	17.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maytown	McDowell
Drove alone	—	71.6%
Carpooled	—	18.2%
Public transit	—	0.0%
Walked	—	10.2%
Bicycle	—	0.0%
Worked from home	—	0.0%
Other means	—	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maytown	McDowell
1-unit, detached	20.6%	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	79.4%	18.0%

Poverty & households

	Maytown	McDowell
Poverty rate	0.0%	41.0%
Average household size	—	1.99
Median year structure built	—	1985