Lynch vs Pathfork

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

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

Lynch has the higher population (727 vs 606 in Pathfork). Pathfork has the higher median household income ($45,913 vs $28,958 in Lynch). Lynch has the higher median home value ($55,700 vs $33,400 in Pathfork).

Population, income & housing

	Lynch	Pathfork
Population	727	606
Median age	43.6 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$28,958	$45,913
Median home value	$55,700	$33,400
Median gross rent	$873	—
Housing units	417	210
Homeownership rate	67.9%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	10.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lynch	Pathfork
Population	553 → 727 (+31.5%)	464 → 606 (+30.6%)
Median household income	$38,462 → $28,958 (-24.7%)	$13,854 → $45,913 (+231.4%)
Median home value	$53,000 → $55,700 (+5.1%)	$43,100 → $33,400 (-22.5%)
Median gross rent	$708 → $873 (+23.3%)	—

Lynch

Population

553727

Median household income

$38,462$28,958

Median home value

$53,000$55,700

Median gross rent

$708$873

Pathfork

Population

464606

Median household income

$13,854$45,913

Median home value

$43,100$33,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lynch	Pathfork
Under 5	5.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.1%	35.8%
18 to 24	5.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.9%	20.5%
35 to 44	14.3%	2.5%
45 to 54	10.0%	21.5%
55 to 64	19.1%	6.3%
65 to 74	13.2%	3.3%
75 and over	6.2%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lynch	Pathfork
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	95.7%
Black or African American	8.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lynch	Pathfork
No high school diploma	14.9%	28.5%
High school graduate	17.6%	13.6%
Some college or associate's	51.3%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.2%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	16.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lynch	Pathfork
Drove alone	73.1%	100.0%
Carpooled	16.9%	0.0%
Public transit	5.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	0.0%
Other means	3.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lynch	Pathfork
1-unit, detached	80.6%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	13.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	20.5%

Poverty & households

	Lynch	Pathfork
Poverty rate	38.4%	37.2%
Average household size	2.77	3.48
Mean commute (minutes)	32	—
Median year structure built	1938	1972