Greenup vs Wurtland

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

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

Wurtland has the higher population (1,257 vs 880 in Greenup). Wurtland has the higher median household income ($56,250 vs $45,625 in Greenup). Greenup has the higher median home value ($122,700 vs $84,100 in Wurtland).

Population, income & housing

	Greenup	Wurtland
Population	880	1,257
Median age	46.2 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$45,625	$56,250
Median home value	$122,700	$84,100
Median gross rent	$838	$746
Housing units	463	534
Homeownership rate	67.5%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	13.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenup	Wurtland
Population	1,307 → 880 (-32.7%)	1,271 → 1,257 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$30,208 → $45,625 (+51.0%)	$42,143 → $56,250 (+33.5%)
Median home value	$86,600 → $122,700 (+41.7%)	$75,300 → $84,100 (+11.7%)
Median gross rent	$582 → $838 (+44.0%)	$554 → $746 (+34.7%)

Greenup

Population

1,307880

Median household income

$30,208$45,625

Median home value

$86,600$122,700

Median gross rent

$582$838

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)

	Greenup	Wurtland
Under 5	2.0%	1.8%
5 to 17	6.3%	26.1%
18 to 24	10.7%	4.0%
25 to 34	16.1%	9.6%
35 to 44	13.0%	13.0%
45 to 54	14.2%	12.5%
55 to 64	13.2%	12.5%
65 to 74	13.4%	7.4%
75 and over	11.1%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenup	Wurtland
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	94.6%
Black or African American	6.5%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.6%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenup	Wurtland
No high school diploma	10.7%	8.5%
High school graduate	37.4%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenup	Wurtland
Drove alone	65.7%	87.8%
Carpooled	26.2%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.3%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenup	Wurtland
1-unit, detached	81.0%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	12.0%

Poverty & households

	Greenup	Wurtland
Poverty rate	15.1%	28.5%
Average household size	1.90	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1956	1965