Harlan vs Lynch

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

Harlan and Lynch 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 727 in Lynch). Harlan has the higher median household income ($30,365 vs $28,958 in Lynch). Harlan has the higher median home value ($112,500 vs $55,700 in Lynch).

Population, income & housing

	Harlan	Lynch
Population	2,304	727
Median age	39.5 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$30,365	$28,958
Median home value	$112,500	$55,700
Median gross rent	$516	$873
Housing units	1,178	417
Homeownership rate	42.6%	67.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.5%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	13.3%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harlan	Lynch
Population	1,447 → 2,304 (+59.2%)	553 → 727 (+31.5%)
Median household income	$24,432 → $30,365 (+24.3%)	$38,462 → $28,958 (-24.7%)
Median home value	$91,400 → $112,500 (+23.1%)	$53,000 → $55,700 (+5.1%)
Median gross rent	$391 → $516 (+32.0%)	$708 → $873 (+23.3%)

Harlan

Population

1,4472,304

Median household income

$24,432$30,365

Median home value

$91,400$112,500

Median gross rent

$391$516

Lynch

Population

553727

Median household income

$38,462$28,958

Median home value

$53,000$55,700

Median gross rent

$708$873

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harlan	Lynch
Under 5	8.4%	5.9%
5 to 17	17.1%	17.1%
18 to 24	6.5%	5.2%
25 to 34	14.6%	8.9%
35 to 44	12.5%	14.3%
45 to 54	10.5%	10.0%
55 to 64	12.8%	19.1%
65 to 74	12.0%	13.2%
75 and over	5.5%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harlan	Lynch
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	86.7%
Black or African American	4.9%	8.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harlan	Lynch
No high school diploma	18.3%	14.9%
High school graduate	25.9%	17.6%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	51.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	4.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harlan	Lynch
Drove alone	74.5%	73.1%
Carpooled	16.0%	16.9%
Public transit	1.0%	5.5%
Walked	4.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	0.9%
Other means	0.0%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harlan	Lynch
1-unit, detached	55.3%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	13.9%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	32.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Harlan	Lynch
Poverty rate	32.2%	38.4%
Average household size	2.25	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	23	32
Median year structure built	1963	1938