Earlington vs Madisonville

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

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

Madisonville has the higher population (19,442 vs 1,113 in Earlington). Madisonville has the higher median household income ($56,902 vs $34,904 in Earlington). Madisonville has the higher median home value ($152,300 vs $64,400 in Earlington).

Population, income & housing

	Earlington	Madisonville
Population	1,113	19,442
Median age	32.7 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$34,904	$56,902
Median home value	$64,400	$152,300
Median gross rent	$780	$860
Housing units	622	9,314
Homeownership rate	67.0%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	22.3%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Earlington	Madisonville
Population	1,427 → 1,113 (-22.0%)	18,936 → 19,442 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$41,429 → $34,904 (-15.7%)	$44,720 → $56,902 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$53,000 → $64,400 (+21.5%)	$125,000 → $152,300 (+21.8%)
Median gross rent	$747 → $780 (+4.4%)	$746 → $860 (+15.3%)

Earlington

Population

1,4271,113

Median household income

$41,429$34,904

Median home value

$53,000$64,400

Median gross rent

$747$780

Madisonville

Population

18,93619,442

Median household income

$44,720$56,902

Median home value

$125,000$152,300

Median gross rent

$746$860

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Earlington	Madisonville
Under 5	5.1%	6.6%
5 to 17	22.5%	17.7%
18 to 24	8.9%	8.0%
25 to 34	14.1%	14.1%
35 to 44	11.8%	11.6%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.6%
55 to 64	14.1%	11.4%
65 to 74	8.8%	10.8%
75 and over	2.7%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Earlington	Madisonville
White (non-Hispanic)	72.4%	77.3%
Black or African American	24.0%	11.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.5%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Earlington	Madisonville
No high school diploma	15.7%	12.3%
High school graduate	43.6%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Earlington	Madisonville
Drove alone	91.3%	85.4%
Carpooled	1.8%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	5.5%
Other means	2.3%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Earlington	Madisonville
1-unit, detached	85.4%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	7.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Earlington	Madisonville
Poverty rate	39.4%	20.9%
Average household size	2.61	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	14	19
Median year structure built	1954	1975