Bellefonte vs Raceland

A side-by-side comparison of Bellefonte and Raceland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Raceland has the higher population (2,173 vs 1,251 in Bellefonte). Bellefonte has the higher median household income ($114,063 vs $61,923 in Raceland). Bellefonte has the higher median home value ($278,800 vs $117,800 in Raceland).

Population, income & housing

	Bellefonte	Raceland
Population	1,251	2,173
Median age	41.1 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$114,063	$61,923
Median home value	$278,800	$117,800
Median gross rent	$1,750	$809
Housing units	457	1,120
Homeownership rate	93.8%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.9%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellefonte	Raceland
Population	870 → 1,251 (+43.8%)	2,511 → 2,173 (-13.5%)
Median household income	$121,250 → $114,063 (-5.9%)	$48,984 → $61,923 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$244,000 → $278,800 (+14.3%)	$126,100 → $117,800 (-6.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,313 → $1,750 (+33.3%)	$657 → $809 (+23.1%)

Bellefonte

Population

8701,251

Median household income

$121,250$114,063

Median home value

$244,000$278,800

Median gross rent

$1,313$1,750

Raceland

Population

2,5112,173

Median household income

$48,984$61,923

Median home value

$126,100$117,800

Median gross rent

$657$809

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellefonte	Raceland
Under 5	4.0%	3.4%
5 to 17	24.6%	19.8%
18 to 24	2.2%	5.2%
25 to 34	12.0%	14.3%
35 to 44	15.8%	7.8%
45 to 54	10.9%	11.0%
55 to 64	12.0%	17.1%
65 to 74	8.4%	14.7%
75 and over	10.2%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellefonte	Raceland
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	98.0%
Black or African American	2.2%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.5%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellefonte	Raceland
No high school diploma	2.8%	5.4%
High school graduate	15.5%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	29.0%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	20.9%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellefonte	Raceland
Drove alone	86.8%	85.2%
Carpooled	7.4%	6.1%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellefonte	Raceland
1-unit, detached	99.3%	84.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Bellefonte	Raceland
Poverty rate	6.7%	22.1%
Average household size	2.77	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1964	1976