Greenup vs South Shore

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

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

South Shore has the higher population (1,561 vs 880 in Greenup). Greenup has the higher median household income ($45,625 vs $29,000 in South Shore). Greenup has the higher median home value ($122,700 vs $85,900 in South Shore).

Population, income & housing

	Greenup	South Shore
Population	880	1,561
Median age	46.2 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$45,625	$29,000
Median home value	$122,700	$85,900
Median gross rent	$838	$638
Housing units	463	656
Homeownership rate	67.5%	50.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	7.4%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	23.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenup	South Shore
Population	1,307 → 880 (-32.7%)	1,009 → 1,561 (+54.7%)
Median household income	$30,208 → $45,625 (+51.0%)	$25,592 → $29,000 (+13.3%)
Median home value	$86,600 → $122,700 (+41.7%)	$64,100 → $85,900 (+34.0%)
Median gross rent	$582 → $838 (+44.0%)	$650 → $638 (-1.8%)

Greenup

Population

1,307880

Median household income

$30,208$45,625

Median home value

$86,600$122,700

Median gross rent

$582$838

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)

	Greenup	South Shore
Under 5	2.0%	4.7%
5 to 17	6.3%	13.4%
18 to 24	10.7%	14.6%
25 to 34	16.1%	14.8%
35 to 44	13.0%	19.0%
45 to 54	14.2%	5.4%
55 to 64	13.2%	7.4%
65 to 74	13.4%	11.1%
75 and over	11.1%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenup	South Shore
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	97.1%
Black or African American	6.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenup	South Shore
No high school diploma	10.7%	14.3%
High school graduate	37.4%	44.2%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenup	South Shore
Drove alone	65.7%	79.4%
Carpooled	26.2%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.3%	15.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenup	South Shore
1-unit, detached	81.0%	65.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	13.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.9%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Greenup	South Shore
Poverty rate	15.1%	20.9%
Average household size	1.90	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	24	16
Median year structure built	1956	1970