Beechwood Village vs West Buechel

A side-by-side comparison of Beechwood Village and West Buechel: population, income, housing, and more.

Beechwood Village and West Buechel are places in Kentucky. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

West Buechel has the higher population (1,624 vs 1,305 in Beechwood Village). Beechwood Village has the higher median household income ($119,688 vs $47,066 in West Buechel). Beechwood Village has the higher median home value ($335,400 vs $152,600 in West Buechel).

Population, income & housing

	Beechwood Village	West Buechel
Population	1,305	1,624
Median age	37.8 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$119,688	$47,066
Median home value	$335,400	$152,600
Median gross rent	$1,257	$1,148
Housing units	551	671
Homeownership rate	83.3%	15.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.2%	35.3%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beechwood Village	West Buechel
Population	1,306 → 1,305 (-0.1%)	1,486 → 1,624 (+9.3%)
Median household income	$83,125 → $119,688 (+44.0%)	$38,024 → $47,066 (+23.8%)
Median home value	$262,200 → $335,400 (+27.9%)	$86,700 → $152,600 (+76.0%)
Median gross rent	$994 → $1,257 (+26.5%)	$863 → $1,148 (+33.0%)

Beechwood Village

Population

1,3061,305

Median household income

$83,125$119,688

Median home value

$262,200$335,400

Median gross rent

$994$1,257

West Buechel

Population

1,4861,624

Median household income

$38,024$47,066

Median home value

$86,700$152,600

Median gross rent

$863$1,148

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beechwood Village	West Buechel
Under 5	5.4%	6.0%
5 to 17	20.5%	21.6%
18 to 24	3.1%	8.8%
25 to 34	18.4%	23.2%
35 to 44	11.1%	17.0%
45 to 54	10.0%	9.1%
55 to 64	15.6%	6.2%
65 to 74	8.4%	7.3%
75 and over	7.4%	0.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beechwood Village	West Buechel
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	31.1%
Black or African American	2.1%	32.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	11.2%	15.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	13.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beechwood Village	West Buechel
No high school diploma	1.7%	11.3%
High school graduate	9.1%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	34.2%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	32.9%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beechwood Village	West Buechel
Drove alone	71.1%	69.4%
Carpooled	4.6%	12.6%
Public transit	1.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	7.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.2%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beechwood Village	West Buechel
1-unit, detached	88.2%	30.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	43.5%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	19.5%
20 or more units	1.8%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Beechwood Village	West Buechel
Poverty rate	6.2%	16.5%
Average household size	2.37	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1955	1963