Raceland vs South Shore

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

Raceland and South Shore 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 1,561 in South Shore). Raceland has the higher median household income ($61,923 vs $29,000 in South Shore). Raceland has the higher median home value ($117,800 vs $85,900 in South Shore).

Population, income & housing

	Raceland	South Shore
Population	2,173	1,561
Median age	44.0 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$61,923	$29,000
Median home value	$117,800	$85,900
Median gross rent	$809	$638
Housing units	1,120	656
Homeownership rate	77.6%	50.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	7.4%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	23.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Raceland	South Shore
Population	2,511 → 2,173 (-13.5%)	1,009 → 1,561 (+54.7%)
Median household income	$48,984 → $61,923 (+26.4%)	$25,592 → $29,000 (+13.3%)
Median home value	$126,100 → $117,800 (-6.6%)	$64,100 → $85,900 (+34.0%)
Median gross rent	$657 → $809 (+23.1%)	$650 → $638 (-1.8%)

Raceland

Population

2,5112,173

Median household income

$48,984$61,923

Median home value

$126,100$117,800

Median gross rent

$657$809

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)

	Raceland	South Shore
Under 5	3.4%	4.7%
5 to 17	19.8%	13.4%
18 to 24	5.2%	14.6%
25 to 34	14.3%	14.8%
35 to 44	7.8%	19.0%
45 to 54	11.0%	5.4%
55 to 64	17.1%	7.4%
65 to 74	14.7%	11.1%
75 and over	6.8%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Raceland	South Shore
White (non-Hispanic)	98.0%	97.1%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Raceland	South Shore
No high school diploma	5.4%	14.3%
High school graduate	36.4%	44.2%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Raceland	South Shore
Drove alone	85.2%	79.4%
Carpooled	6.1%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	15.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Raceland	South Shore
1-unit, detached	84.6%	65.9%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	13.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.9%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Raceland	South Shore
Poverty rate	22.1%	20.9%
Average household size	2.11	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	22	16
Median year structure built	1976	1970