Pathfork vs South Wallins

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

Pathfork 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 606 in Pathfork). Pathfork has the higher median household income ($45,913 vs $29,153 in South Wallins). South Wallins has the higher median home value ($58,200 vs $33,400 in Pathfork).

Population, income & housing

	Pathfork	South Wallins
Population	606	948
Median age	33.4 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$45,913	$29,153
Median home value	$33,400	$58,200
Housing units	210	457
Homeownership rate	72.4%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.7%	2.8%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pathfork	South Wallins
Population	464 → 606 (+30.6%)	849 → 948 (+11.7%)
Median household income	$13,854 → $45,913 (+231.4%)	$50,329 → $29,153 (-42.1%)
Median home value	$43,100 → $33,400 (-22.5%)	$52,800 → $58,200 (+10.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$663 → $784 (+18.3%)

Pathfork

Population

464606

Median household income

$13,854$45,913

Median home value

$43,100$33,400

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)

	Pathfork	South Wallins
Under 5	0.0%	3.7%
5 to 17	35.8%	32.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.3%
25 to 34	20.5%	10.4%
35 to 44	2.5%	9.7%
45 to 54	21.5%	10.9%
55 to 64	6.3%	8.9%
65 to 74	3.3%	15.1%
75 and over	10.2%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pathfork	South Wallins
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	4.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pathfork	South Wallins
No high school diploma	28.5%	20.7%
High school graduate	13.6%	47.3%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	2.8%
Graduate or professional degree	16.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pathfork	South Wallins
Drove alone	100.0%	75.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	24.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pathfork	South Wallins
1-unit, detached	79.5%	73.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	20.5%	26.9%

Poverty & households

	Pathfork	South Wallins
Poverty rate	37.2%	23.2%
Average household size	3.48	2.70
Median year structure built	1972	1979