Russell vs Wurtland

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

Russell and Wurtland 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 1,257 in Wurtland). Russell has the higher median household income ($76,389 vs $56,250 in Wurtland). Russell has the higher median home value ($207,900 vs $84,100 in Wurtland).

Population, income & housing

	Russell	Wurtland
Population	3,696	1,257
Median age	41.7 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$76,389	$56,250
Median home value	$207,900	$84,100
Median gross rent	$803	$746
Housing units	1,591	534
Homeownership rate	81.5%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.1%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	13.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Russell	Wurtland
Population	3,287 → 3,696 (+12.4%)	1,271 → 1,257 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$62,950 → $76,389 (+21.3%)	$42,143 → $56,250 (+33.5%)
Median home value	$173,500 → $207,900 (+19.8%)	$75,300 → $84,100 (+11.7%)
Median gross rent	$860 → $803 (-6.6%)	$554 → $746 (+34.7%)

Russell

Population

3,2873,696

Median household income

$62,950$76,389

Median home value

$173,500$207,900

Median gross rent

$860$803

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)

	Russell	Wurtland
Under 5	5.1%	1.8%
5 to 17	21.3%	26.1%
18 to 24	7.8%	4.0%
25 to 34	7.4%	9.6%
35 to 44	15.6%	13.0%
45 to 54	11.3%	12.5%
55 to 64	13.9%	12.5%
65 to 74	9.7%	7.4%
75 and over	7.9%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Russell	Wurtland
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	2.3%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.6%
Two or more races	6.9%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Russell	Wurtland
No high school diploma	5.1%	8.5%
High school graduate	28.1%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Russell	Wurtland
Drove alone	82.7%	87.8%
Carpooled	10.2%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Russell	Wurtland
1-unit, detached	86.9%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	12.0%

Poverty & households

	Russell	Wurtland
Poverty rate	7.7%	28.5%
Average household size	2.52	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1967	1965