Earlington vs Hanson

A side-by-side comparison of Earlington and Hanson: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Earlington has the higher population (1,113 vs 989 in Hanson). Hanson has the higher median household income ($90,799 vs $34,904 in Earlington). Hanson has the higher median home value ($140,100 vs $64,400 in Earlington).

Population, income & housing

	Earlington	Hanson
Population	1,113	989
Median age	32.7 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$34,904	$90,799
Median home value	$64,400	$140,100
Median gross rent	$780	$850
Housing units	622	426
Homeownership rate	67.0%	92.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Earlington	Hanson
Population	1,427 → 1,113 (-22.0%)	792 → 989 (+24.9%)
Median household income	$41,429 → $34,904 (-15.7%)	$41,691 → $90,799 (+117.8%)
Median home value	$53,000 → $64,400 (+21.5%)	$125,000 → $140,100 (+12.1%)
Median gross rent	$747 → $780 (+4.4%)	$817 → $850 (+4.0%)

Earlington

Population

1,4271,113

Median household income

$41,429$34,904

Median home value

$53,000$64,400

Median gross rent

$747$780

Hanson

Population

792989

Median household income

$41,691$90,799

Median home value

$125,000$140,100

Median gross rent

$817$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Earlington	Hanson
Under 5	5.1%	5.0%
5 to 17	22.5%	16.4%
18 to 24	8.9%	3.6%
25 to 34	14.1%	16.0%
35 to 44	11.8%	3.9%
45 to 54	12.0%	13.8%
55 to 64	14.1%	8.2%
65 to 74	8.8%	9.7%
75 and over	2.7%	23.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Earlington	Hanson
White (non-Hispanic)	72.4%	90.4%
Black or African American	24.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	1.5%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Earlington	Hanson
No high school diploma	15.7%	10.9%
High school graduate	43.6%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Earlington	Hanson
Drove alone	91.3%	87.7%
Carpooled	1.8%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	9.2%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Earlington	Hanson
1-unit, detached	85.4%	91.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Earlington	Hanson
Poverty rate	39.4%	8.6%
Average household size	2.61	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	14	19
Median year structure built	1954	1980