Meadow Vale vs Northfield

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

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

Northfield has the higher population (1,104 vs 943 in Meadow Vale). Northfield has the higher median household income ($110,714 vs $87,656 in Meadow Vale). Northfield has the higher median home value ($485,800 vs $280,500 in Meadow Vale).

Population, income & housing

	Meadow Vale	Northfield
Population	943	1,104
Median age	26.6 yrs	51.7 yrs
Median household income	$87,656	$110,714
Median home value	$280,500	$485,800
Median gross rent	$1,650	$1,533
Housing units	255	544
Homeownership rate	90.1%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.5%	67.9%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meadow Vale	Northfield
Population	745 → 943 (+26.6%)	1,181 → 1,104 (-6.5%)
Median household income	$80,000 → $87,656 (+9.6%)	$108,056 → $110,714 (+2.5%)
Median home value	$204,700 → $280,500 (+37.0%)	$391,700 → $485,800 (+24.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,712 → $1,650 (-3.6%)	$1,154 → $1,533 (+32.8%)

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

Northfield

Population

1,1811,104

Median household income

$108,056$110,714

Median home value

$391,700$485,800

Median gross rent

$1,154$1,533

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meadow Vale	Northfield
Under 5	31.4%	6.5%
5 to 17	13.3%	13.6%
18 to 24	3.5%	4.4%
25 to 34	13.6%	5.4%
35 to 44	8.0%	8.0%
45 to 54	4.9%	17.7%
55 to 64	10.8%	18.2%
65 to 74	7.5%	8.3%
75 and over	7.1%	17.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meadow Vale	Northfield
White (non-Hispanic)	54.8%	87.2%
Black or African American	3.5%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	35.9%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	2.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meadow Vale	Northfield
No high school diploma	3.7%	4.4%
High school graduate	19.6%	11.4%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	16.2%
Bachelor's degree	24.3%	49.3%
Graduate or professional degree	26.2%	18.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meadow Vale	Northfield
Drove alone	65.4%	53.1%
Carpooled	6.8%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.0%	34.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meadow Vale	Northfield
1-unit, detached	96.9%	61.0%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	18.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	21.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Meadow Vale	Northfield
Poverty rate	1.9%	5.4%
Average household size	3.73	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	24	18
Median year structure built	1966	1974