Bellefonte vs South Shore

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

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

South Shore has the higher population (1,561 vs 1,251 in Bellefonte). Bellefonte has the higher median household income ($114,063 vs $29,000 in South Shore). Bellefonte has the higher median home value ($278,800 vs $85,900 in South Shore).

Population, income & housing

	Bellefonte	South Shore
Population	1,251	1,561
Median age	41.1 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$114,063	$29,000
Median home value	$278,800	$85,900
Median gross rent	$1,750	$638
Housing units	457	656
Homeownership rate	93.8%	50.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.9%	7.4%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	23.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellefonte	South Shore
Population	870 → 1,251 (+43.8%)	1,009 → 1,561 (+54.7%)
Median household income	$121,250 → $114,063 (-5.9%)	$25,592 → $29,000 (+13.3%)
Median home value	$244,000 → $278,800 (+14.3%)	$64,100 → $85,900 (+34.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,313 → $1,750 (+33.3%)	$650 → $638 (-1.8%)

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

South Shore

Population

1,0091,561

Median household income

$25,592$29,000

Median home value

$64,100$85,900

Median gross rent

$650$638

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellefonte	South Shore
Under 5	4.0%	4.7%
5 to 17	24.6%	13.4%
18 to 24	2.2%	14.6%
25 to 34	12.0%	14.8%
35 to 44	15.8%	19.0%
45 to 54	10.9%	5.4%
55 to 64	12.0%	7.4%
65 to 74	8.4%	11.1%
75 and over	10.2%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellefonte	South Shore
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	97.1%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	4.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellefonte	South Shore
No high school diploma	2.8%	14.3%
High school graduate	15.5%	44.2%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	29.0%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	20.9%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellefonte	South Shore
Drove alone	86.8%	79.4%
Carpooled	7.4%	5.4%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	15.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellefonte	South Shore
1-unit, detached	99.3%	65.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Bellefonte	South Shore
Poverty rate	6.7%	20.9%
Average household size	2.77	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	21	16
Median year structure built	1964	1970