Flatwoods vs Wurtland

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

Flatwoods and Wurtland 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 1,257 in Wurtland). Flatwoods has the higher median household income ($60,467 vs $56,250 in Wurtland). Flatwoods has the higher median home value ($112,200 vs $84,100 in Wurtland).

Population, income & housing

	Flatwoods	Wurtland
Population	7,281	1,257
Median age	41.4 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$60,467	$56,250
Median home value	$112,200	$84,100
Median gross rent	$923	$746
Housing units	3,084	534
Homeownership rate	77.7%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	13.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flatwoods	Wurtland
Population	7,160 → 7,281 (+1.7%)	1,271 → 1,257 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$49,073 → $60,467 (+23.2%)	$42,143 → $56,250 (+33.5%)
Median home value	$91,600 → $112,200 (+22.5%)	$75,300 → $84,100 (+11.7%)
Median gross rent	$798 → $923 (+15.7%)	$554 → $746 (+34.7%)

Flatwoods

Population

7,1607,281

Median household income

$49,073$60,467

Median home value

$91,600$112,200

Median gross rent

$798$923

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)

	Flatwoods	Wurtland
Under 5	4.5%	1.8%
5 to 17	18.8%	26.1%
18 to 24	7.0%	4.0%
25 to 34	10.9%	9.6%
35 to 44	11.2%	13.0%
45 to 54	14.2%	12.5%
55 to 64	11.3%	12.5%
65 to 74	12.3%	7.4%
75 and over	9.8%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flatwoods	Wurtland
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.4%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.6%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flatwoods	Wurtland
No high school diploma	9.5%	8.5%
High school graduate	34.9%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flatwoods	Wurtland
Drove alone	78.0%	87.8%
Carpooled	11.1%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	3.1%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flatwoods	Wurtland
1-unit, detached	80.4%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.0%	12.0%

Poverty & households

	Flatwoods	Wurtland
Poverty rate	17.2%	28.5%
Average household size	2.47	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1973	1965