Mayfield vs Pryorsburg

A side-by-side comparison of Mayfield and Pryorsburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mayfield has the higher population (9,905 vs 199 in Pryorsburg). Since 2019, Mayfield's population has grown faster (+0.4% vs -26.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Mayfield	Pryorsburg
Population	9,905	199
Median age	37.1 yrs	58.1 yrs
Median household income	$41,458	—
Median home value	$114,400	—
Median gross rent	$598	—
Housing units	5,059	111
Homeownership rate	64.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.0%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mayfield	Pryorsburg
Population	9,867 → 9,905 (+0.4%)	272 → 199 (-26.8%)
Median household income	$32,289 → $41,458 (+28.4%)	$33,125 → $22,024 (-33.5%)
Median home value	$100,200 → $114,400 (+14.2%)	$48,300 → $44,500 (-7.9%)
Median gross rent	$624 → $598 (-4.2%)	—

Mayfield

Population

9,8679,905

Median household income

$32,289$41,458

Median home value

$100,200$114,400

Median gross rent

$624$598

Pryorsburg

Population

272199

Median household income

$33,125$22,024

Median home value

$48,300$44,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mayfield	Pryorsburg
Under 5	8.1%	7.0%
5 to 17	17.8%	11.1%
18 to 24	7.8%	8.5%
25 to 34	13.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	11.9%	6.5%
45 to 54	7.4%	10.6%
55 to 64	15.6%	35.2%
65 to 74	8.9%	5.5%
75 and over	9.0%	15.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mayfield	Pryorsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	67.8%	100.0%
Black or African American	12.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	15.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mayfield	Pryorsburg
No high school diploma	10.2%	15.8%
High school graduate	40.4%	54.8%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	13.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mayfield	Pryorsburg
Drove alone	73.3%	79.7%
Carpooled	12.1%	20.3%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	0.0%
Other means	2.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mayfield	Pryorsburg
1-unit, detached	80.3%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	18.9%

Poverty & households

	Mayfield	Pryorsburg
Poverty rate	30.7%	38.7%
Average household size	2.27	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	16	—
Median year structure built	1970	1964