Northfield vs Plantation

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

Northfield and Plantation 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 978 in Plantation). Northfield has the higher median household income ($110,714 vs $74,844 in Plantation). Northfield has the higher median home value ($485,800 vs $232,800 in Plantation).

Population, income & housing

	Northfield	Plantation
Population	1,104	978
Median age	51.7 yrs	29.8 yrs
Median household income	$110,714	$74,844
Median home value	$485,800	$232,800
Median gross rent	$1,533	$945
Housing units	544	362
Homeownership rate	67.5%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.9%	39.9%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northfield	Plantation
Population	1,181 → 1,104 (-6.5%)	864 → 978 (+13.2%)
Median household income	$108,056 → $110,714 (+2.5%)	$59,886 → $74,844 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$391,700 → $485,800 (+24.0%)	$165,400 → $232,800 (+40.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,154 → $1,533 (+32.8%)	$886 → $945 (+6.7%)

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

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)

	Northfield	Plantation
Under 5	6.5%	17.7%
5 to 17	13.6%	15.4%
18 to 24	4.4%	6.9%
25 to 34	5.4%	16.2%
35 to 44	8.0%	9.9%
45 to 54	17.7%	13.5%
55 to 64	18.2%	10.6%
65 to 74	8.3%	6.0%
75 and over	17.8%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northfield	Plantation
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	74.2%
Black or African American	4.6%	14.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.8%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.4%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northfield	Plantation
No high school diploma	4.4%	10.1%
High school graduate	11.4%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	16.2%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	49.3%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	18.6%	16.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northfield	Plantation
Drove alone	53.1%	65.1%
Carpooled	11.6%	6.7%
Public transit	0.9%	3.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.5%	24.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northfield	Plantation
1-unit, detached	61.0%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	18.0%	5.2%
20 or more units	21.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Northfield	Plantation
Poverty rate	5.4%	6.6%
Average household size	2.15	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1974	1967