Flatwoods vs Worthington

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

Flatwoods and Worthington 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 1,813 in Worthington). Worthington has the higher median household income ($65,432 vs $60,467 in Flatwoods). Worthington has the higher median home value ($116,200 vs $112,200 in Flatwoods).

Population, income & housing

	Flatwoods	Worthington
Population	7,281	1,813
Median age	41.4 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$60,467	$65,432
Median home value	$112,200	$116,200
Median gross rent	$923	$876
Housing units	3,084	879
Homeownership rate	77.7%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	14.5%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flatwoods	Worthington
Population	7,160 → 7,281 (+1.7%)	1,549 → 1,813 (+17.0%)
Median household income	$49,073 → $60,467 (+23.2%)	$51,500 → $65,432 (+27.1%)
Median home value	$91,600 → $112,200 (+22.5%)	$99,600 → $116,200 (+16.7%)
Median gross rent	$798 → $923 (+15.7%)	$795 → $876 (+10.2%)

Flatwoods

Population

7,1607,281

Median household income

$49,073$60,467

Median home value

$91,600$112,200

Median gross rent

$798$923

Worthington

Population

1,5491,813

Median household income

$51,500$65,432

Median home value

$99,600$116,200

Median gross rent

$795$876

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Flatwoods	Worthington
Under 5	4.5%	7.9%
5 to 17	18.8%	15.1%
18 to 24	7.0%	8.1%
25 to 34	10.9%	18.8%
35 to 44	11.2%	6.1%
45 to 54	14.2%	10.9%
55 to 64	11.3%	15.1%
65 to 74	12.3%	11.7%
75 and over	9.8%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flatwoods	Worthington
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	94.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.0%
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%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flatwoods	Worthington
No high school diploma	9.5%	6.4%
High school graduate	34.9%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flatwoods	Worthington
Drove alone	78.0%	82.7%
Carpooled	11.1%	13.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	3.5%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flatwoods	Worthington
1-unit, detached	80.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Flatwoods	Worthington
Poverty rate	17.2%	13.1%
Average household size	2.47	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1973	1964