Earlington vs White Plains

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

Earlington and White Plains 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 1,007 in White Plains). White Plains has the higher median household income ($36,800 vs $34,904 in Earlington). White Plains has the higher median home value ($84,100 vs $64,400 in Earlington).

Population, income & housing

	Earlington	White Plains
Population	1,113	1,007
Median age	32.7 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$34,904	$36,800
Median home value	$64,400	$84,100
Median gross rent	$780	$850
Housing units	622	461
Homeownership rate	67.0%	90.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Earlington	White Plains
Population	1,427 → 1,113 (-22.0%)	938 → 1,007 (+7.4%)
Median household income	$41,429 → $34,904 (-15.7%)	$48,073 → $36,800 (-23.4%)
Median home value	$53,000 → $64,400 (+21.5%)	$85,700 → $84,100 (-1.9%)
Median gross rent	$747 → $780 (+4.4%)	$619 → $850 (+37.3%)

Earlington

Population

1,4271,113

Median household income

$41,429$34,904

Median home value

$53,000$64,400

Median gross rent

$747$780

White Plains

Population

9381,007

Median household income

$48,073$36,800

Median home value

$85,700$84,100

Median gross rent

$619$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Earlington	White Plains
Under 5	5.1%	7.4%
5 to 17	22.5%	16.8%
18 to 24	8.9%	6.2%
25 to 34	14.1%	10.0%
35 to 44	11.8%	11.7%
45 to 54	12.0%	16.0%
55 to 64	14.1%	6.6%
65 to 74	8.8%	19.9%
75 and over	2.7%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Earlington	White Plains
White (non-Hispanic)	72.4%	97.8%
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%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Earlington	White Plains
No high school diploma	15.7%	16.5%
High school graduate	43.6%	46.5%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Earlington	White Plains
Drove alone	91.3%	90.3%
Carpooled	1.8%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	1.1%
Other means	2.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Earlington	White Plains
1-unit, detached	85.4%	68.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	31.2%

Poverty & households

	Earlington	White Plains
Poverty rate	39.4%	24.6%
Average household size	2.61	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	14	28
Median year structure built	1954	1981