Raceland vs Worthington

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

Raceland and Worthington 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 1,813 in Worthington). Worthington has the higher median household income ($65,432 vs $61,923 in Raceland). Raceland has the higher median home value ($117,800 vs $116,200 in Worthington).

Population, income & housing

	Raceland	Worthington
Population	2,173	1,813
Median age	44.0 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$61,923	$65,432
Median home value	$117,800	$116,200
Median gross rent	$809	$876
Housing units	1,120	879
Homeownership rate	77.6%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	14.5%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Raceland	Worthington
Population	2,511 → 2,173 (-13.5%)	1,549 → 1,813 (+17.0%)
Median household income	$48,984 → $61,923 (+26.4%)	$51,500 → $65,432 (+27.1%)
Median home value	$126,100 → $117,800 (-6.6%)	$99,600 → $116,200 (+16.7%)
Median gross rent	$657 → $809 (+23.1%)	$795 → $876 (+10.2%)

Raceland

Population

2,5112,173

Median household income

$48,984$61,923

Median home value

$126,100$117,800

Median gross rent

$657$809

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)

	Raceland	Worthington
Under 5	3.4%	7.9%
5 to 17	19.8%	15.1%
18 to 24	5.2%	8.1%
25 to 34	14.3%	18.8%
35 to 44	7.8%	6.1%
45 to 54	11.0%	10.9%
55 to 64	17.1%	15.1%
65 to 74	14.7%	11.7%
75 and over	6.8%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Raceland	Worthington
White (non-Hispanic)	98.0%	94.1%
Black or African American	1.2%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Raceland	Worthington
No high school diploma	5.4%	6.4%
High school graduate	36.4%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Raceland	Worthington
Drove alone	85.2%	82.7%
Carpooled	6.1%	13.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Raceland	Worthington
1-unit, detached	84.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Raceland	Worthington
Poverty rate	22.1%	13.1%
Average household size	2.11	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1976	1964