Anchorage vs Windy Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Anchorage and Windy Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Anchorage has the higher population (2,421 vs 2,188 in Windy Hills). Anchorage has the higher median household income ($215,156 vs $105,875 in Windy Hills). Anchorage has the higher median home value ($827,000 vs $370,900 in Windy Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Anchorage	Windy Hills
Population	2,421	2,188
Median age	41.2 yrs	56.8 yrs
Median household income	$215,156	$105,875
Median home value	$827,000	$370,900
Median gross rent	$1,861	$2,358
Housing units	841	1,106
Homeownership rate	93.8%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	80.7%	70.5%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anchorage	Windy Hills
Population	2,376 → 2,421 (+1.9%)	2,433 → 2,188 (-10.1%)
Median household income	$187,946 → $215,156 (+14.5%)	$95,588 → $105,875 (+10.8%)
Median home value	$715,000 → $827,000 (+15.7%)	$271,500 → $370,900 (+36.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,163 → $1,861 (+60.0%)	$1,773 → $2,358 (+33.0%)

Anchorage

Population

2,3762,421

Median household income

$187,946$215,156

Median home value

$715,000$827,000

Median gross rent

$1,163$1,861

Windy Hills

Population

2,4332,188

Median household income

$95,588$105,875

Median home value

$271,500$370,900

Median gross rent

$1,773$2,358

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anchorage	Windy Hills
Under 5	3.7%	3.7%
5 to 17	28.6%	10.7%
18 to 24	6.0%	2.5%
25 to 34	5.2%	10.5%
35 to 44	12.8%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.6%	8.7%
55 to 64	15.9%	16.7%
65 to 74	9.8%	18.7%
75 and over	6.3%	16.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anchorage	Windy Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	90.7%
Black or African American	2.5%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anchorage	Windy Hills
No high school diploma	0.6%	2.7%
High school graduate	2.7%	7.3%
Some college or associate's	15.9%	19.5%
Bachelor's degree	39.2%	37.2%
Graduate or professional degree	41.6%	33.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anchorage	Windy Hills
Drove alone	62.3%	76.1%
Carpooled	9.8%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.3%	18.2%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anchorage	Windy Hills
1-unit, detached	99.6%	77.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.4%	12.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Anchorage	Windy Hills
Poverty rate	4.4%	5.3%
Average household size	3.00	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1970	1970