Cumberland vs Harlan

A side-by-side comparison of Cumberland and Harlan: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Harlan has the higher population (2,304 vs 2,234 in Cumberland). Cumberland has the higher median household income ($35,309 vs $30,365 in Harlan). Harlan has the higher median home value ($112,500 vs $61,600 in Cumberland).

Population, income & housing

	Cumberland	Harlan
Population	2,234	2,304
Median age	31.1 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$35,309	$30,365
Median home value	$61,600	$112,500
Median gross rent	$618	$516
Housing units	1,035	1,178
Homeownership rate	54.4%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.6%	26.5%
Unemployment rate	34.6%	13.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cumberland	Harlan
Population	1,724 → 2,234 (+29.6%)	1,447 → 2,304 (+59.2%)
Median household income	$19,250 → $35,309 (+83.4%)	$24,432 → $30,365 (+24.3%)
Median home value	$47,100 → $61,600 (+30.8%)	$91,400 → $112,500 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$413 → $618 (+49.6%)	$391 → $516 (+32.0%)

Cumberland

Population

1,7242,234

Median household income

$19,250$35,309

Median home value

$47,100$61,600

Median gross rent

$413$618

Harlan

Population

1,4472,304

Median household income

$24,432$30,365

Median home value

$91,400$112,500

Median gross rent

$391$516

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cumberland	Harlan
Under 5	15.3%	8.4%
5 to 17	20.3%	17.1%
18 to 24	4.3%	6.5%
25 to 34	15.6%	14.6%
35 to 44	7.6%	12.5%
45 to 54	4.5%	10.5%
55 to 64	11.5%	12.8%
65 to 74	9.3%	12.0%
75 and over	11.6%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cumberland	Harlan
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	91.1%
Black or African American	2.3%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.8%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cumberland	Harlan
No high school diploma	25.6%	18.3%
High school graduate	26.9%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cumberland	Harlan
Drove alone	52.9%	74.5%
Carpooled	24.3%	16.0%
Public transit	0.6%	1.0%
Walked	9.1%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	3.8%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cumberland	Harlan
1-unit, detached	60.7%	55.3%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	32.7%
20 or more units	1.2%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	17.8%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Cumberland	Harlan
Poverty rate	57.0%	32.2%
Average household size	2.78	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	14	23
Median year structure built	1968	1963