Madisonville vs White Plains

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

Madisonville and White Plains 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 1,007 in White Plains). Madisonville has the higher median household income ($56,902 vs $36,800 in White Plains). Madisonville has the higher median home value ($152,300 vs $84,100 in White Plains).

Population, income & housing

	Madisonville	White Plains
Population	19,442	1,007
Median age	37.4 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$56,902	$36,800
Median home value	$152,300	$84,100
Median gross rent	$860	$850
Housing units	9,314	461
Homeownership rate	65.1%	90.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Madisonville	White Plains
Population	18,936 → 19,442 (+2.7%)	938 → 1,007 (+7.4%)
Median household income	$44,720 → $56,902 (+27.2%)	$48,073 → $36,800 (-23.4%)
Median home value	$125,000 → $152,300 (+21.8%)	$85,700 → $84,100 (-1.9%)
Median gross rent	$746 → $860 (+15.3%)	$619 → $850 (+37.3%)

Madisonville

Population

18,93619,442

Median household income

$44,720$56,902

Median home value

$125,000$152,300

Median gross rent

$746$860

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)

	Madisonville	White Plains
Under 5	6.6%	7.4%
5 to 17	17.7%	16.8%
18 to 24	8.0%	6.2%
25 to 34	14.1%	10.0%
35 to 44	11.6%	11.7%
45 to 54	12.6%	16.0%
55 to 64	11.4%	6.6%
65 to 74	10.8%	19.9%
75 and over	7.2%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Madisonville	White Plains
White (non-Hispanic)	77.3%	97.8%
Black or African American	11.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Madisonville	White Plains
No high school diploma	12.3%	16.5%
High school graduate	34.5%	46.5%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Madisonville	White Plains
Drove alone	85.4%	90.3%
Carpooled	7.6%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	1.1%
Other means	0.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Madisonville	White Plains
1-unit, detached	75.2%	68.3%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	31.2%

Poverty & households

	Madisonville	White Plains
Poverty rate	20.9%	24.6%
Average household size	2.37	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	19	28
Median year structure built	1975	1981