Meadow Vale vs Plantation

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

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

Plantation has the higher population (978 vs 943 in Meadow Vale). Meadow Vale has the higher median household income ($87,656 vs $74,844 in Plantation). Meadow Vale has the higher median home value ($280,500 vs $232,800 in Plantation).

Population, income & housing

	Meadow Vale	Plantation
Population	943	978
Median age	26.6 yrs	29.8 yrs
Median household income	$87,656	$74,844
Median home value	$280,500	$232,800
Median gross rent	$1,650	$945
Housing units	255	362
Homeownership rate	90.1%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.5%	39.9%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meadow Vale	Plantation
Population	745 → 943 (+26.6%)	864 → 978 (+13.2%)
Median household income	$80,000 → $87,656 (+9.6%)	$59,886 → $74,844 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$204,700 → $280,500 (+37.0%)	$165,400 → $232,800 (+40.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,712 → $1,650 (-3.6%)	$886 → $945 (+6.7%)

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

Plantation

Population

864978

Median household income

$59,886$74,844

Median home value

$165,400$232,800

Median gross rent

$886$945

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meadow Vale	Plantation
Under 5	31.4%	17.7%
5 to 17	13.3%	15.4%
18 to 24	3.5%	6.9%
25 to 34	13.6%	16.2%
35 to 44	8.0%	9.9%
45 to 54	4.9%	13.5%
55 to 64	10.8%	10.6%
65 to 74	7.5%	6.0%
75 and over	7.1%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meadow Vale	Plantation
White (non-Hispanic)	54.8%	74.2%
Black or African American	3.5%	14.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	35.9%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	2.3%	2.4%
Two or more races	1.4%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meadow Vale	Plantation
No high school diploma	3.7%	10.1%
High school graduate	19.6%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	24.3%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	26.2%	16.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meadow Vale	Plantation
Drove alone	65.4%	65.1%
Carpooled	6.8%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	3.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.0%	24.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meadow Vale	Plantation
1-unit, detached	96.9%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Meadow Vale	Plantation
Poverty rate	1.9%	6.6%
Average household size	3.73	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1966	1967