Briarwood vs Wellington

A side-by-side comparison of Briarwood and Wellington: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wellington has the higher population (436 vs 420 in Briarwood). Wellington has the higher median household income ($96,250 vs $74,375 in Briarwood). Wellington has the higher median home value ($328,500 vs $193,400 in Briarwood).

Population, income & housing

	Briarwood	Wellington
Population	420	436
Median age	45.9 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	$74,375	$96,250
Median home value	$193,400	$328,500
Median gross rent	$1,482	$2,000
Housing units	219	227
Homeownership rate	88.1%	92.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.3%	65.0%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Briarwood	Wellington
Population	527 → 420 (-20.3%)	470 → 436 (-7.2%)
Median household income	$60,729 → $74,375 (+22.5%)	$84,375 → $96,250 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$148,000 → $193,400 (+30.7%)	$253,400 → $328,500 (+29.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,316 → $1,482 (+12.6%)	$1,450 → $2,000 (+37.9%)

Briarwood

Population

527420

Median household income

$60,729$74,375

Median home value

$148,000$193,400

Median gross rent

$1,316$1,482

Wellington

Population

470436

Median household income

$84,375$96,250

Median home value

$253,400$328,500

Median gross rent

$1,450$2,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Briarwood	Wellington
Under 5	6.9%	3.7%
5 to 17	8.1%	13.5%
18 to 24	6.7%	4.8%
25 to 34	13.8%	9.6%
35 to 44	13.1%	10.3%
45 to 54	11.4%	15.6%
55 to 64	16.0%	20.0%
65 to 74	15.7%	14.4%
75 and over	8.3%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Briarwood	Wellington
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	93.3%
Black or African American	9.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Briarwood	Wellington
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.6%
High school graduate	17.6%	7.6%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	28.3%	36.5%
Graduate or professional degree	27.1%	28.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Briarwood	Wellington
Drove alone	82.4%	64.5%
Carpooled	5.7%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	11.9%	26.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Briarwood	Wellington
1-unit, detached	49.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	49.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Briarwood	Wellington
Poverty rate	6.2%	4.1%
Average household size	1.92	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	1972	1946