Worthington vs Wurtland

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

Worthington and Wurtland 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 1,257 in Wurtland). Worthington has the higher median household income ($65,432 vs $56,250 in Wurtland). Worthington has the higher median home value ($116,200 vs $84,100 in Wurtland).

Population, income & housing

	Worthington	Wurtland
Population	1,813	1,257
Median age	35.3 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$65,432	$56,250
Median home value	$116,200	$84,100
Median gross rent	$876	$746
Housing units	879	534
Homeownership rate	68.7%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	13.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Worthington	Wurtland
Population	1,549 → 1,813 (+17.0%)	1,271 → 1,257 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$51,500 → $65,432 (+27.1%)	$42,143 → $56,250 (+33.5%)
Median home value	$99,600 → $116,200 (+16.7%)	$75,300 → $84,100 (+11.7%)
Median gross rent	$795 → $876 (+10.2%)	$554 → $746 (+34.7%)

Worthington

Population

1,5491,813

Median household income

$51,500$65,432

Median home value

$99,600$116,200

Median gross rent

$795$876

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)

	Worthington	Wurtland
Under 5	7.9%	1.8%
5 to 17	15.1%	26.1%
18 to 24	8.1%	4.0%
25 to 34	18.8%	9.6%
35 to 44	6.1%	13.0%
45 to 54	10.9%	12.5%
55 to 64	15.1%	12.5%
65 to 74	11.7%	7.4%
75 and over	6.3%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Worthington	Wurtland
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	94.6%
Black or African American	3.0%	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	0.8%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Worthington	Wurtland
No high school diploma	6.4%	8.5%
High school graduate	37.8%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	41.2%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Worthington	Wurtland
Drove alone	82.7%	87.8%
Carpooled	13.8%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Worthington	Wurtland
1-unit, detached	100.0%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	12.0%

Poverty & households

	Worthington	Wurtland
Poverty rate	13.1%	28.5%
Average household size	2.30	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1964	1965