Russell vs Worthington

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

Russell and Worthington 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 1,813 in Worthington). Russell has the higher median household income ($76,389 vs $65,432 in Worthington). Russell has the higher median home value ($207,900 vs $116,200 in Worthington).

Population, income & housing

	Russell	Worthington
Population	3,696	1,813
Median age	41.7 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$76,389	$65,432
Median home value	$207,900	$116,200
Median gross rent	$803	$876
Housing units	1,591	879
Homeownership rate	81.5%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.1%	14.5%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Russell	Worthington
Population	3,287 → 3,696 (+12.4%)	1,549 → 1,813 (+17.0%)
Median household income	$62,950 → $76,389 (+21.3%)	$51,500 → $65,432 (+27.1%)
Median home value	$173,500 → $207,900 (+19.8%)	$99,600 → $116,200 (+16.7%)
Median gross rent	$860 → $803 (-6.6%)	$795 → $876 (+10.2%)

Russell

Population

3,2873,696

Median household income

$62,950$76,389

Median home value

$173,500$207,900

Median gross rent

$860$803

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)

	Russell	Worthington
Under 5	5.1%	7.9%
5 to 17	21.3%	15.1%
18 to 24	7.8%	8.1%
25 to 34	7.4%	18.8%
35 to 44	15.6%	6.1%
45 to 54	11.3%	10.9%
55 to 64	13.9%	15.1%
65 to 74	9.7%	11.7%
75 and over	7.9%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Russell	Worthington
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	94.1%
Black or African American	0.6%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Russell	Worthington
No high school diploma	5.1%	6.4%
High school graduate	28.1%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Russell	Worthington
Drove alone	82.7%	82.7%
Carpooled	10.2%	13.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Russell	Worthington
1-unit, detached	86.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Russell	Worthington
Poverty rate	7.7%	13.1%
Average household size	2.52	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	30	21
Median year structure built	1967	1964