Barbourmeade vs Northfield

A side-by-side comparison of Barbourmeade and Northfield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Barbourmeade has the higher population (1,208 vs 1,104 in Northfield). Northfield has the higher median household income ($110,714 vs $109,800 in Barbourmeade). Northfield has the higher median home value ($485,800 vs $360,700 in Barbourmeade).

Population, income & housing

	Barbourmeade	Northfield
Population	1,208	1,104
Median age	45.8 yrs	51.7 yrs
Median household income	$109,800	$110,714
Median home value	$360,700	$485,800
Median gross rent	$2,711	$1,533
Housing units	504	544
Homeownership rate	92.8%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.2%	67.9%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barbourmeade	Northfield
Population	1,393 → 1,208 (-13.3%)	1,181 → 1,104 (-6.5%)
Median household income	$101,250 → $109,800 (+8.4%)	$108,056 → $110,714 (+2.5%)
Median home value	$288,000 → $360,700 (+25.2%)	$391,700 → $485,800 (+24.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,200 → $2,711 (+23.2%)	$1,154 → $1,533 (+32.8%)

Barbourmeade

Population

1,3931,208

Median household income

$101,250$109,800

Median home value

$288,000$360,700

Median gross rent

$2,200$2,711

Northfield

Population

1,1811,104

Median household income

$108,056$110,714

Median home value

$391,700$485,800

Median gross rent

$1,154$1,533

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barbourmeade	Northfield
Under 5	5.0%	6.5%
5 to 17	19.0%	13.6%
18 to 24	3.1%	4.4%
25 to 34	9.7%	5.4%
35 to 44	12.1%	8.0%
45 to 54	12.8%	17.7%
55 to 64	11.6%	18.2%
65 to 74	14.5%	8.3%
75 and over	12.3%	17.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barbourmeade	Northfield
White (non-Hispanic)	85.9%	87.2%
Black or African American	0.6%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.6%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barbourmeade	Northfield
No high school diploma	3.2%	4.4%
High school graduate	7.6%	11.4%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	16.2%
Bachelor's degree	39.2%	49.3%
Graduate or professional degree	22.0%	18.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barbourmeade	Northfield
Drove alone	69.9%	53.1%
Carpooled	4.5%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.6%	34.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barbourmeade	Northfield
1-unit, detached	100.0%	61.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	18.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	21.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Barbourmeade	Northfield
Poverty rate	12.4%	5.4%
Average household size	2.49	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	1965	1974