Nortonville vs St. Charles

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

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

Nortonville has the higher population (949 vs 308 in St. Charles). Nortonville has the higher median household income ($47,946 vs $40,000 in St. Charles). Nortonville has the higher median home value ($66,800 vs $54,500 in St. Charles).

Population, income & housing

	Nortonville	St. Charles
Population	949	308
Median age	42.3 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$47,946	$40,000
Median home value	$66,800	$54,500
Median gross rent	$821	$913
Housing units	480	132
Homeownership rate	68.9%	60.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.2%	6.6%
Unemployment rate	10.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nortonville	St. Charles
Population	943 → 949 (+0.6%)	336 → 308 (-8.3%)
Median household income	$33,529 → $47,946 (+43.0%)	$33,000 → $40,000 (+21.2%)
Median home value	$63,400 → $66,800 (+5.4%)	$31,400 → $54,500 (+73.6%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $821 (+36.8%)	$657 → $913 (+39.0%)

Nortonville

Population

943949

Median household income

$33,529$47,946

Median home value

$63,400$66,800

Median gross rent

$600$821

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)

	Nortonville	St. Charles
Under 5	1.1%	9.4%
5 to 17	21.7%	15.6%
18 to 24	7.1%	16.2%
25 to 34	6.8%	7.5%
35 to 44	18.9%	13.3%
45 to 54	11.4%	14.3%
55 to 64	18.4%	11.4%
65 to 74	9.7%	4.5%
75 and over	5.0%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nortonville	St. Charles
White (non-Hispanic)	86.5%	96.4%
Black or African American	10.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nortonville	St. Charles
No high school diploma	11.4%	34.3%
High school graduate	42.2%	44.2%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	14.9%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nortonville	St. Charles
Drove alone	93.2%	81.9%
Carpooled	3.2%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.0%
Other means	0.8%	6.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nortonville	St. Charles
1-unit, detached	69.6%	56.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.5%	43.2%

Poverty & households

	Nortonville	St. Charles
Poverty rate	19.8%	45.1%
Average household size	2.48	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1969	1968