Flatwoods vs Raceland

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

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

Flatwoods has the higher population (7,281 vs 2,173 in Raceland). Raceland has the higher median household income ($61,923 vs $60,467 in Flatwoods). Raceland has the higher median home value ($117,800 vs $112,200 in Flatwoods).

Population, income & housing

	Flatwoods	Raceland
Population	7,281	2,173
Median age	41.4 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$60,467	$61,923
Median home value	$112,200	$117,800
Median gross rent	$923	$809
Housing units	3,084	1,120
Homeownership rate	77.7%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flatwoods	Raceland
Population	7,160 → 7,281 (+1.7%)	2,511 → 2,173 (-13.5%)
Median household income	$49,073 → $60,467 (+23.2%)	$48,984 → $61,923 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$91,600 → $112,200 (+22.5%)	$126,100 → $117,800 (-6.6%)
Median gross rent	$798 → $923 (+15.7%)	$657 → $809 (+23.1%)

Flatwoods

Population

7,1607,281

Median household income

$49,073$60,467

Median home value

$91,600$112,200

Median gross rent

$798$923

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)

	Flatwoods	Raceland
Under 5	4.5%	3.4%
5 to 17	18.8%	19.8%
18 to 24	7.0%	5.2%
25 to 34	10.9%	14.3%
35 to 44	11.2%	7.8%
45 to 54	14.2%	11.0%
55 to 64	11.3%	17.1%
65 to 74	12.3%	14.7%
75 and over	9.8%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flatwoods	Raceland
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	98.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flatwoods	Raceland
No high school diploma	9.5%	5.4%
High school graduate	34.9%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flatwoods	Raceland
Drove alone	78.0%	85.2%
Carpooled	11.1%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	7.0%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flatwoods	Raceland
1-unit, detached	80.4%	84.6%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	7.8%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.0%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Flatwoods	Raceland
Poverty rate	17.2%	22.1%
Average household size	2.47	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1973	1976