Houston Acres vs Spring Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Houston Acres and Spring Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

Houston Acres and Spring Valley are places in Kentucky. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Spring Valley has the higher population (756 vs 736 in Houston Acres). Spring Valley has the higher median household income ($156,250 vs $104,583 in Houston Acres). Spring Valley has the higher median home value ($405,900 vs $243,800 in Houston Acres).

Population, income & housing

	Houston Acres	Spring Valley
Population	736	756
Median age	37.2 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$104,583	$156,250
Median home value	$243,800	$405,900
Median gross rent	$1,857	—
Housing units	265	237
Homeownership rate	83.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.7%	71.3%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Houston Acres	Spring Valley
Population	539 → 736 (+36.5%)	770 → 756 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$75,536 → $104,583 (+38.5%)	$135,375 → $156,250 (+15.4%)
Median home value	$182,900 → $243,800 (+33.3%)	$309,500 → $405,900 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,302 → $1,857 (+42.6%)	—

Houston Acres

Population

539736

Median household income

$75,536$104,583

Median home value

$182,900$243,800

Median gross rent

$1,302$1,857

Spring Valley

Population

770756

Median household income

$135,375$156,250

Median home value

$309,500$405,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Houston Acres	Spring Valley
Under 5	8.2%	6.0%
5 to 17	26.4%	28.2%
18 to 24	3.5%	4.5%
25 to 34	8.6%	4.8%
35 to 44	12.2%	17.5%
45 to 54	15.4%	12.6%
55 to 64	14.5%	13.4%
65 to 74	6.1%	8.2%
75 and over	5.2%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Houston Acres	Spring Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	92.2%
Black or African American	15.9%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Houston Acres	Spring Valley
No high school diploma	4.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	14.9%	7.5%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	47.4%	43.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	27.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Houston Acres	Spring Valley
Drove alone	75.1%	69.2%
Carpooled	0.8%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.1%	22.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Houston Acres	Spring Valley
1-unit, detached	99.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Houston Acres	Spring Valley
Poverty rate	13.2%	1.3%
Average household size	2.78	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	15	21
Median year structure built	1957	1968