Raceland vs Russell

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

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

Russell has the higher population (3,696 vs 2,173 in Raceland). Russell has the higher median household income ($76,389 vs $61,923 in Raceland). Russell has the higher median home value ($207,900 vs $117,800 in Raceland).

Population, income & housing

	Raceland	Russell
Population	2,173	3,696
Median age	44.0 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$61,923	$76,389
Median home value	$117,800	$207,900
Median gross rent	$809	$803
Housing units	1,120	1,591
Homeownership rate	77.6%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	39.1%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Raceland	Russell
Population	2,511 → 2,173 (-13.5%)	3,287 → 3,696 (+12.4%)
Median household income	$48,984 → $61,923 (+26.4%)	$62,950 → $76,389 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$126,100 → $117,800 (-6.6%)	$173,500 → $207,900 (+19.8%)
Median gross rent	$657 → $809 (+23.1%)	$860 → $803 (-6.6%)

Raceland

Population

2,5112,173

Median household income

$48,984$61,923

Median home value

$126,100$117,800

Median gross rent

$657$809

Russell

Population

3,2873,696

Median household income

$62,950$76,389

Median home value

$173,500$207,900

Median gross rent

$860$803

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Raceland	Russell
Under 5	3.4%	5.1%
5 to 17	19.8%	21.3%
18 to 24	5.2%	7.8%
25 to 34	14.3%	7.4%
35 to 44	7.8%	15.6%
45 to 54	11.0%	11.3%
55 to 64	17.1%	13.9%
65 to 74	14.7%	9.7%
75 and over	6.8%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Raceland	Russell
White (non-Hispanic)	98.0%	89.9%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Raceland	Russell
No high school diploma	5.4%	5.1%
High school graduate	36.4%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Raceland	Russell
Drove alone	85.2%	82.7%
Carpooled	6.1%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	6.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Raceland	Russell
1-unit, detached	84.6%	86.9%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	3.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Raceland	Russell
Poverty rate	22.1%	7.7%
Average household size	2.11	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	22	30
Median year structure built	1976	1967