Mayfield vs Symsonia

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

Mayfield and Symsonia 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 386 in Symsonia). Symsonia has the higher median home value ($225,000 vs $114,400 in Mayfield). Since 2019, Mayfield's population has grown faster (+0.4% vs -26.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Mayfield	Symsonia
Population	9,905	386
Median age	37.1 yrs	56.8 yrs
Median household income	$41,458	—
Median home value	$114,400	$225,000
Median gross rent	$598	$580
Housing units	5,059	264
Homeownership rate	64.1%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.0%	43.4%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mayfield	Symsonia
Population	9,867 → 9,905 (+0.4%)	522 → 386 (-26.1%)
Median household income	$32,289 → $41,458 (+28.4%)	$51,042 → $76,000 (+48.9%)
Median home value	$100,200 → $114,400 (+14.2%)	$152,800 → $225,000 (+47.3%)
Median gross rent	$624 → $598 (-4.2%)	$679 → $580 (-14.6%)

Mayfield

Population

9,8679,905

Median household income

$32,289$41,458

Median home value

$100,200$114,400

Median gross rent

$624$598

Symsonia

Population

522386

Median household income

$51,042$76,000

Median home value

$152,800$225,000

Median gross rent

$679$580

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mayfield	Symsonia
Under 5	8.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.8%	0.0%
18 to 24	7.8%	11.1%
25 to 34	13.5%	7.5%
35 to 44	11.9%	5.7%
45 to 54	7.4%	15.3%
55 to 64	15.6%	30.1%
65 to 74	8.9%	18.1%
75 and over	9.0%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mayfield	Symsonia
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	Symsonia
No high school diploma	10.2%	6.4%
High school graduate	40.4%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	17.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	35.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mayfield	Symsonia
Drove alone	73.3%	92.5%
Carpooled	12.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	7.5%
Other means	2.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mayfield	Symsonia
1-unit, detached	80.3%	88.3%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	2.3%
20 or more units	3.1%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Mayfield	Symsonia
Poverty rate	30.7%	0.0%
Average household size	2.27	1.80
Mean commute (minutes)	16	20
Median year structure built	1970	1992