Wayland vs Wheelwright

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

Wayland 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 360 in Wayland). Wheelwright has the higher median household income ($58,250 vs $31,042 in Wayland). Wheelwright has the higher median home value ($85,700 vs $21,800 in Wayland).

Population, income & housing

	Wayland	Wheelwright
Population	360	945
Median age	30.2 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$31,042	$58,250
Median home value	$21,800	$85,700
Median gross rent	$1,047	$538
Housing units	130	316
Homeownership rate	63.3%	71.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.5%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	12.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wayland	Wheelwright
Population	352 → 360 (+2.3%)	696 → 945 (+35.8%)
Median household income	$26,875 → $31,042 (+15.5%)	$20,417 → $58,250 (+185.3%)
Median home value	$29,300 → $21,800 (-25.6%)	$37,100 → $85,700 (+131.0%)
Median gross rent	$686 → $1,047 (+52.6%)	$535 → $538 (+0.6%)

Wayland

Population

352360

Median household income

$26,875$31,042

Median home value

$29,300$21,800

Median gross rent

$686$1,047

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)

	Wayland	Wheelwright
Under 5	3.1%	4.6%
5 to 17	23.6%	11.5%
18 to 24	17.5%	5.7%
25 to 34	12.2%	21.4%
35 to 44	10.0%	22.8%
45 to 54	11.9%	7.3%
55 to 64	6.4%	16.8%
65 to 74	14.4%	7.6%
75 and over	0.8%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wayland	Wheelwright
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	90.8%
Black or African American	0.8%	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	0.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wayland	Wheelwright
No high school diploma	31.8%	26.7%
High school graduate	37.3%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.5%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wayland	Wheelwright
Drove alone	87.4%	94.1%
Carpooled	12.6%	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)

	Wayland	Wheelwright
1-unit, detached	48.5%	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	51.5%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Wayland	Wheelwright
Poverty rate	52.5%	35.0%
Average household size	3.15	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	22	38
Median year structure built	1977	1952