Greenup vs Worthington

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

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

Worthington has the higher population (1,813 vs 880 in Greenup). Worthington has the higher median household income ($65,432 vs $45,625 in Greenup). Greenup has the higher median home value ($122,700 vs $116,200 in Worthington).

Population, income & housing

	Greenup	Worthington
Population	880	1,813
Median age	46.2 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$45,625	$65,432
Median home value	$122,700	$116,200
Median gross rent	$838	$876
Housing units	463	879
Homeownership rate	67.5%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	14.5%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenup	Worthington
Population	1,307 → 880 (-32.7%)	1,549 → 1,813 (+17.0%)
Median household income	$30,208 → $45,625 (+51.0%)	$51,500 → $65,432 (+27.1%)
Median home value	$86,600 → $122,700 (+41.7%)	$99,600 → $116,200 (+16.7%)
Median gross rent	$582 → $838 (+44.0%)	$795 → $876 (+10.2%)

Greenup

Population

1,307880

Median household income

$30,208$45,625

Median home value

$86,600$122,700

Median gross rent

$582$838

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)

	Greenup	Worthington
Under 5	2.0%	7.9%
5 to 17	6.3%	15.1%
18 to 24	10.7%	8.1%
25 to 34	16.1%	18.8%
35 to 44	13.0%	6.1%
45 to 54	14.2%	10.9%
55 to 64	13.2%	15.1%
65 to 74	13.4%	11.7%
75 and over	11.1%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenup	Worthington
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	94.1%
Black or African American	6.5%	3.0%
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%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenup	Worthington
No high school diploma	10.7%	6.4%
High school graduate	37.4%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenup	Worthington
Drove alone	65.7%	82.7%
Carpooled	26.2%	13.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenup	Worthington
1-unit, detached	81.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Greenup	Worthington
Poverty rate	15.1%	13.1%
Average household size	1.90	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1956	1964