Raceland vs Wurtland

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

Raceland and Wurtland 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 1,257 in Wurtland). Raceland has the higher median household income ($61,923 vs $56,250 in Wurtland). Raceland has the higher median home value ($117,800 vs $84,100 in Wurtland).

Population, income & housing

	Raceland	Wurtland
Population	2,173	1,257
Median age	44.0 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$61,923	$56,250
Median home value	$117,800	$84,100
Median gross rent	$809	$746
Housing units	1,120	534
Homeownership rate	77.6%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	13.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Raceland	Wurtland
Population	2,511 → 2,173 (-13.5%)	1,271 → 1,257 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$48,984 → $61,923 (+26.4%)	$42,143 → $56,250 (+33.5%)
Median home value	$126,100 → $117,800 (-6.6%)	$75,300 → $84,100 (+11.7%)
Median gross rent	$657 → $809 (+23.1%)	$554 → $746 (+34.7%)

Raceland

Population

2,5112,173

Median household income

$48,984$61,923

Median home value

$126,100$117,800

Median gross rent

$657$809

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)

	Raceland	Wurtland
Under 5	3.4%	1.8%
5 to 17	19.8%	26.1%
18 to 24	5.2%	4.0%
25 to 34	14.3%	9.6%
35 to 44	7.8%	13.0%
45 to 54	11.0%	12.5%
55 to 64	17.1%	12.5%
65 to 74	14.7%	7.4%
75 and over	6.8%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Raceland	Wurtland
White (non-Hispanic)	98.0%	94.6%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.2%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.6%
Two or more races	0.6%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Raceland	Wurtland
No high school diploma	5.4%	8.5%
High school graduate	36.4%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Raceland	Wurtland
Drove alone	85.2%	87.8%
Carpooled	6.1%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Raceland	Wurtland
1-unit, detached	84.6%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	12.0%

Poverty & households

	Raceland	Wurtland
Poverty rate	22.1%	28.5%
Average household size	2.11	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1976	1965