Bellefonte vs Wurtland

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

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

Wurtland has the higher population (1,257 vs 1,251 in Bellefonte). Bellefonte has the higher median household income ($114,063 vs $56,250 in Wurtland). Bellefonte has the higher median home value ($278,800 vs $84,100 in Wurtland).

Population, income & housing

	Bellefonte	Wurtland
Population	1,251	1,257
Median age	41.1 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$114,063	$56,250
Median home value	$278,800	$84,100
Median gross rent	$1,750	$746
Housing units	457	534
Homeownership rate	93.8%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.9%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	13.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellefonte	Wurtland
Population	870 → 1,251 (+43.8%)	1,271 → 1,257 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$121,250 → $114,063 (-5.9%)	$42,143 → $56,250 (+33.5%)
Median home value	$244,000 → $278,800 (+14.3%)	$75,300 → $84,100 (+11.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,313 → $1,750 (+33.3%)	$554 → $746 (+34.7%)

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

Wurtland

Population

1,2711,257

Median household income

$42,143$56,250

Median home value

$75,300$84,100

Median gross rent

$554$746

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellefonte	Wurtland
Under 5	4.0%	1.8%
5 to 17	24.6%	26.1%
18 to 24	2.2%	4.0%
25 to 34	12.0%	9.6%
35 to 44	15.8%	13.0%
45 to 54	10.9%	12.5%
55 to 64	12.0%	12.5%
65 to 74	8.4%	7.4%
75 and over	10.2%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellefonte	Wurtland
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	94.6%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	4.5%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.6%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellefonte	Wurtland
No high school diploma	2.8%	8.5%
High school graduate	15.5%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	29.0%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	20.9%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellefonte	Wurtland
Drove alone	86.8%	87.8%
Carpooled	7.4%	7.3%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellefonte	Wurtland
1-unit, detached	99.3%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	12.0%

Poverty & households

	Bellefonte	Wurtland
Poverty rate	6.7%	28.5%
Average household size	2.77	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1964	1965