South Shore vs Worthington

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

South Shore and Worthington are places in Kentucky. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Worthington has the higher population (1,813 vs 1,561 in South Shore). Worthington has the higher median household income ($65,432 vs $29,000 in South Shore). Worthington has the higher median home value ($116,200 vs $85,900 in South Shore).

Population, income & housing

	South Shore	Worthington
Population	1,561	1,813
Median age	41.1 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$29,000	$65,432
Median home value	$85,900	$116,200
Median gross rent	$638	$876
Housing units	656	879
Homeownership rate	50.7%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.4%	14.5%
Unemployment rate	23.8%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	South Shore	Worthington
Population	1,009 → 1,561 (+54.7%)	1,549 → 1,813 (+17.0%)
Median household income	$25,592 → $29,000 (+13.3%)	$51,500 → $65,432 (+27.1%)
Median home value	$64,100 → $85,900 (+34.0%)	$99,600 → $116,200 (+16.7%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $638 (-1.8%)	$795 → $876 (+10.2%)

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

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)

	South Shore	Worthington
Under 5	4.7%	7.9%
5 to 17	13.4%	15.1%
18 to 24	14.6%	8.1%
25 to 34	14.8%	18.8%
35 to 44	19.0%	6.1%
45 to 54	5.4%	10.9%
55 to 64	7.4%	15.1%
65 to 74	11.1%	11.7%
75 and over	9.4%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	South Shore	Worthington
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	94.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	South Shore	Worthington
No high school diploma	14.3%	6.4%
High school graduate	44.2%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	South Shore	Worthington
Drove alone	79.4%	82.7%
Carpooled	5.4%	13.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	15.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	South Shore	Worthington
1-unit, detached	65.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	11.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	South Shore	Worthington
Poverty rate	20.9%	13.1%
Average household size	2.48	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	16	21
Median year structure built	1970	1964