Hickory vs Sedalia

A side-by-side comparison of Hickory and Sedalia: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sedalia has the higher population (136 vs 53 in Hickory). Since 2019, Sedalia's population has grown faster (-68.6% vs -80.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Hickory	Sedalia
Population	53	136
Median age	21.8 yrs	33.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$70,714
Median home value	—	$119,700
Housing units	68	40
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hickory	Sedalia
Population	277 → 53 (-80.9%)	433 → 136 (-68.6%)
Median household income	—	$45,703 → $70,714 (+54.7%)
Median home value	—	$89,900 → $119,700 (+33.1%)

Hickory

Population

27753

Sedalia

Population

433136

Median household income

$45,703$70,714

Median home value

$89,900$119,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hickory	Sedalia
Under 5	0.0%	5.9%
5 to 17	0.0%	19.9%
18 to 24	67.9%	11.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	17.6%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	14.7%
55 to 64	0.0%	19.1%
65 to 74	32.1%	11.8%
75 and over	0.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hickory	Sedalia
White (non-Hispanic)	50.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	37.7%	0.0%
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	11.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hickory	Sedalia
No high school diploma	100.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	0.0%	47.7%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	26.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hickory	Sedalia
Drove alone	18.8%	93.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	81.3%	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)

	Hickory	Sedalia
1-unit, detached	0.0%	87.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	75.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.0%	12.5%

Poverty & households

	Hickory	Sedalia
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	—	3.40
Mean commute (minutes)	8	27
Median year structure built	—	1985