Lynch vs South Wallins

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

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

South Wallins has the higher population (948 vs 727 in Lynch). South Wallins has the higher median household income ($29,153 vs $28,958 in Lynch). South Wallins has the higher median home value ($58,200 vs $55,700 in Lynch).

Population, income & housing

	Lynch	South Wallins
Population	727	948
Median age	43.6 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$28,958	$29,153
Median home value	$55,700	$58,200
Median gross rent	$873	—
Housing units	417	457
Homeownership rate	67.9%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	2.8%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lynch	South Wallins
Population	553 → 727 (+31.5%)	849 → 948 (+11.7%)
Median household income	$38,462 → $28,958 (-24.7%)	$50,329 → $29,153 (-42.1%)
Median home value	$53,000 → $55,700 (+5.1%)	$52,800 → $58,200 (+10.2%)
Median gross rent	$708 → $873 (+23.3%)	$663 → $784 (+18.3%)

Lynch

Population

553727

Median household income

$38,462$28,958

Median home value

$53,000$55,700

Median gross rent

$708$873

South Wallins

Population

849948

Median household income

$50,329$29,153

Median home value

$52,800$58,200

Median gross rent

$663$784

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lynch	South Wallins
Under 5	5.9%	3.7%
5 to 17	17.1%	32.3%
18 to 24	5.2%	4.3%
25 to 34	8.9%	10.4%
35 to 44	14.3%	9.7%
45 to 54	10.0%	10.9%
55 to 64	19.1%	8.9%
65 to 74	13.2%	15.1%
75 and over	6.2%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lynch	South Wallins
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lynch	South Wallins
No high school diploma	14.9%	20.7%
High school graduate	17.6%	47.3%
Some college or associate's	51.3%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.2%	2.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lynch	South Wallins
Drove alone	73.1%	75.9%
Carpooled	16.9%	24.1%
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	South Wallins
1-unit, detached	80.6%	73.1%
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%	26.9%

Poverty & households

	Lynch	South Wallins
Poverty rate	38.4%	23.2%
Average household size	2.77	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	32	—
Median year structure built	1938	1979