Cambridge vs Sycamore

A side-by-side comparison of Cambridge and Sycamore: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cambridge has the higher population (134 vs 109 in Sycamore). Cambridge has the higher median household income ($98,281 vs $70,000 in Sycamore). Cambridge has the higher median home value ($229,200 vs $187,500 in Sycamore).

Population, income & housing

	Cambridge	Sycamore
Population	134	109
Median age	45.0 yrs	60.5 yrs
Median household income	$98,281	$70,000
Median home value	$229,200	$187,500
Housing units	84	73
Homeownership rate	95.7%	97.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.4%	28.9%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cambridge	Sycamore
Population	147 → 134 (-8.8%)	188 → 109 (-42.0%)
Median household income	$73,250 → $98,281 (+34.2%)	$70,625 → $70,000 (-0.9%)
Median home value	$167,500 → $229,200 (+36.8%)	$145,200 → $187,500 (+29.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,375 → $1,375 (+0.0%)	$1,625 → $1,643 (+1.1%)

Cambridge

Population

147134

Median household income

$73,250$98,281

Median home value

$167,500$229,200

Median gross rent

$1,375$1,375

Sycamore

Population

188109

Median household income

$70,625$70,000

Median home value

$145,200$187,500

Median gross rent

$1,625$1,643

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cambridge	Sycamore
Under 5	5.2%	0.9%
5 to 17	6.7%	1.8%
18 to 24	9.7%	8.3%
25 to 34	16.4%	22.9%
35 to 44	11.9%	3.7%
45 to 54	12.7%	3.7%
55 to 64	20.1%	15.6%
65 to 74	11.9%	20.2%
75 and over	5.2%	22.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cambridge	Sycamore
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	85.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	10.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cambridge	Sycamore
No high school diploma	2.9%	3.1%
High school graduate	6.7%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	48.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	30.5%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cambridge	Sycamore
Drove alone	75.3%	86.2%
Carpooled	3.4%	1.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.2%	12.1%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cambridge	Sycamore
1-unit, detached	75.0%	19.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	69.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	19.0%	9.6%
20 or more units	6.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cambridge	Sycamore
Poverty rate	3.7%	11.0%
Average household size	1.94	1.60
Mean commute (minutes)	16	16
Median year structure built	1962	1974