Russell vs South Shore

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

Russell and South Shore 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 1,561 in South Shore). Russell has the higher median household income ($76,389 vs $29,000 in South Shore). Russell has the higher median home value ($207,900 vs $85,900 in South Shore).

Population, income & housing

	Russell	South Shore
Population	3,696	1,561
Median age	41.7 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$76,389	$29,000
Median home value	$207,900	$85,900
Median gross rent	$803	$638
Housing units	1,591	656
Homeownership rate	81.5%	50.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.1%	7.4%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	23.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Russell	South Shore
Population	3,287 → 3,696 (+12.4%)	1,009 → 1,561 (+54.7%)
Median household income	$62,950 → $76,389 (+21.3%)	$25,592 → $29,000 (+13.3%)
Median home value	$173,500 → $207,900 (+19.8%)	$64,100 → $85,900 (+34.0%)
Median gross rent	$860 → $803 (-6.6%)	$650 → $638 (-1.8%)

Russell

Population

3,2873,696

Median household income

$62,950$76,389

Median home value

$173,500$207,900

Median gross rent

$860$803

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)

	Russell	South Shore
Under 5	5.1%	4.7%
5 to 17	21.3%	13.4%
18 to 24	7.8%	14.6%
25 to 34	7.4%	14.8%
35 to 44	15.6%	19.0%
45 to 54	11.3%	5.4%
55 to 64	13.9%	7.4%
65 to 74	9.7%	11.1%
75 and over	7.9%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Russell	South Shore
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	97.1%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	2.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Russell	South Shore
No high school diploma	5.1%	14.3%
High school graduate	28.1%	44.2%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Russell	South Shore
Drove alone	82.7%	79.4%
Carpooled	10.2%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	15.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Russell	South Shore
1-unit, detached	86.9%	65.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	13.3%
20 or more units	2.9%	11.9%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Russell	South Shore
Poverty rate	7.7%	20.9%
Average household size	2.52	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	30	16
Median year structure built	1967	1970