Bellemeade vs Meadow Vale

A side-by-side comparison of Bellemeade and Meadow Vale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Meadow Vale has the higher population (943 vs 889 in Bellemeade). Bellemeade has the higher median household income ($119,792 vs $87,656 in Meadow Vale). Bellemeade has the higher median home value ($336,800 vs $280,500 in Meadow Vale).

Population, income & housing

	Bellemeade	Meadow Vale
Population	889	943
Median age	54.6 yrs	26.6 yrs
Median household income	$119,792	$87,656
Median home value	$336,800	$280,500
Median gross rent	$1,625	$1,650
Housing units	417	255
Homeownership rate	88.2%	90.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.7%	50.5%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellemeade	Meadow Vale
Population	916 → 889 (-2.9%)	745 → 943 (+26.6%)
Median household income	$88,421 → $119,792 (+35.5%)	$80,000 → $87,656 (+9.6%)
Median home value	$246,100 → $336,800 (+36.9%)	$204,700 → $280,500 (+37.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,875 → $1,625 (-13.3%)	$1,712 → $1,650 (-3.6%)

Bellemeade

Population

916889

Median household income

$88,421$119,792

Median home value

$246,100$336,800

Median gross rent

$1,875$1,625

Meadow Vale

Population

745943

Median household income

$80,000$87,656

Median home value

$204,700$280,500

Median gross rent

$1,712$1,650

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellemeade	Meadow Vale
Under 5	6.5%	31.4%
5 to 17	9.8%	13.3%
18 to 24	7.6%	3.5%
25 to 34	8.3%	13.6%
35 to 44	8.5%	8.0%
45 to 54	9.9%	4.9%
55 to 64	16.4%	10.8%
65 to 74	18.7%	7.5%
75 and over	14.2%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellemeade	Meadow Vale
White (non-Hispanic)	96.5%	54.8%
Black or African American	1.5%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	35.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	2.3%
Two or more races	0.9%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellemeade	Meadow Vale
No high school diploma	0.9%	3.7%
High school graduate	11.4%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	30.3%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	24.4%	26.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellemeade	Meadow Vale
Drove alone	76.8%	65.4%
Carpooled	1.8%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	20.0%	27.0%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellemeade	Meadow Vale
1-unit, detached	80.8%	96.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.4%
20 or more units	17.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bellemeade	Meadow Vale
Poverty rate	5.3%	1.9%
Average household size	2.13	3.73
Mean commute (minutes)	19	24
Median year structure built	1957	1966