Earlington vs St. Charles

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

Earlington and St. Charles 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 308 in St. Charles). St. Charles has the higher median household income ($40,000 vs $34,904 in Earlington). Earlington has the higher median home value ($64,400 vs $54,500 in St. Charles).

Population, income & housing

	Earlington	St. Charles
Population	1,113	308
Median age	32.7 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$34,904	$40,000
Median home value	$64,400	$54,500
Median gross rent	$780	$913
Housing units	622	132
Homeownership rate	67.0%	60.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	6.6%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Earlington	St. Charles
Population	1,427 → 1,113 (-22.0%)	336 → 308 (-8.3%)
Median household income	$41,429 → $34,904 (-15.7%)	$33,000 → $40,000 (+21.2%)
Median home value	$53,000 → $64,400 (+21.5%)	$31,400 → $54,500 (+73.6%)
Median gross rent	$747 → $780 (+4.4%)	$657 → $913 (+39.0%)

Earlington

Population

1,4271,113

Median household income

$41,429$34,904

Median home value

$53,000$64,400

Median gross rent

$747$780

St. Charles

Population

336308

Median household income

$33,000$40,000

Median home value

$31,400$54,500

Median gross rent

$657$913

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Earlington	St. Charles
Under 5	5.1%	9.4%
5 to 17	22.5%	15.6%
18 to 24	8.9%	16.2%
25 to 34	14.1%	7.5%
35 to 44	11.8%	13.3%
45 to 54	12.0%	14.3%
55 to 64	14.1%	11.4%
65 to 74	8.8%	4.5%
75 and over	2.7%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Earlington	St. Charles
White (non-Hispanic)	72.4%	96.4%
Black or African American	24.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Earlington	St. Charles
No high school diploma	15.7%	34.3%
High school graduate	43.6%	44.2%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	14.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Earlington	St. Charles
Drove alone	91.3%	81.9%
Carpooled	1.8%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	1.0%
Other means	2.3%	6.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Earlington	St. Charles
1-unit, detached	85.4%	56.8%
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%	43.2%

Poverty & households

	Earlington	St. Charles
Poverty rate	39.4%	45.1%
Average household size	2.61	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	14	27
Median year structure built	1954	1968