Greenup vs Raceland

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

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

Raceland has the higher population (2,173 vs 880 in Greenup). Raceland has the higher median household income ($61,923 vs $45,625 in Greenup). Greenup has the higher median home value ($122,700 vs $117,800 in Raceland).

Population, income & housing

	Greenup	Raceland
Population	880	2,173
Median age	46.2 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$45,625	$61,923
Median home value	$122,700	$117,800
Median gross rent	$838	$809
Housing units	463	1,120
Homeownership rate	67.5%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenup	Raceland
Population	1,307 → 880 (-32.7%)	2,511 → 2,173 (-13.5%)
Median household income	$30,208 → $45,625 (+51.0%)	$48,984 → $61,923 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$86,600 → $122,700 (+41.7%)	$126,100 → $117,800 (-6.6%)
Median gross rent	$582 → $838 (+44.0%)	$657 → $809 (+23.1%)

Greenup

Population

1,307880

Median household income

$30,208$45,625

Median home value

$86,600$122,700

Median gross rent

$582$838

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)

	Greenup	Raceland
Under 5	2.0%	3.4%
5 to 17	6.3%	19.8%
18 to 24	10.7%	5.2%
25 to 34	16.1%	14.3%
35 to 44	13.0%	7.8%
45 to 54	14.2%	11.0%
55 to 64	13.2%	17.1%
65 to 74	13.4%	14.7%
75 and over	11.1%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenup	Raceland
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	98.0%
Black or African American	6.5%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenup	Raceland
No high school diploma	10.7%	5.4%
High school graduate	37.4%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenup	Raceland
Drove alone	65.7%	85.2%
Carpooled	26.2%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.3%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenup	Raceland
1-unit, detached	81.0%	84.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	7.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Greenup	Raceland
Poverty rate	15.1%	22.1%
Average household size	1.90	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1956	1976