Flatwoods vs South Shore

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

Flatwoods and South Shore 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 1,561 in South Shore). Flatwoods has the higher median household income ($60,467 vs $29,000 in South Shore). Flatwoods has the higher median home value ($112,200 vs $85,900 in South Shore).

Population, income & housing

	Flatwoods	South Shore
Population	7,281	1,561
Median age	41.4 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$60,467	$29,000
Median home value	$112,200	$85,900
Median gross rent	$923	$638
Housing units	3,084	656
Homeownership rate	77.7%	50.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	7.4%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	23.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flatwoods	South Shore
Population	7,160 → 7,281 (+1.7%)	1,009 → 1,561 (+54.7%)
Median household income	$49,073 → $60,467 (+23.2%)	$25,592 → $29,000 (+13.3%)
Median home value	$91,600 → $112,200 (+22.5%)	$64,100 → $85,900 (+34.0%)
Median gross rent	$798 → $923 (+15.7%)	$650 → $638 (-1.8%)

Flatwoods

Population

7,1607,281

Median household income

$49,073$60,467

Median home value

$91,600$112,200

Median gross rent

$798$923

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)

	Flatwoods	South Shore
Under 5	4.5%	4.7%
5 to 17	18.8%	13.4%
18 to 24	7.0%	14.6%
25 to 34	10.9%	14.8%
35 to 44	11.2%	19.0%
45 to 54	14.2%	5.4%
55 to 64	11.3%	7.4%
65 to 74	12.3%	11.1%
75 and over	9.8%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flatwoods	South Shore
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	97.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flatwoods	South Shore
No high school diploma	9.5%	14.3%
High school graduate	34.9%	44.2%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flatwoods	South Shore
Drove alone	78.0%	79.4%
Carpooled	11.1%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	15.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	0.0%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flatwoods	South Shore
1-unit, detached	80.4%	65.9%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	13.3%
20 or more units	0.3%	11.9%
Mobile home & other	10.0%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Flatwoods	South Shore
Poverty rate	17.2%	20.9%
Average household size	2.47	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	21	16
Median year structure built	1973	1970