Spring Valley vs Watterson Park

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

Spring Valley and Watterson Park 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 Watterson Park). Spring Valley has the higher median household income ($156,250 vs $38,984 in Watterson Park). Spring Valley has the higher median home value ($405,900 vs $187,500 in Watterson Park).

Population, income & housing

	Spring Valley	Watterson Park
Population	756	736
Median age	39.8 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$156,250	$38,984
Median home value	$405,900	$187,500
Median gross rent	—	$820
Housing units	237	409
Homeownership rate	100.0%	48.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.3%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	13.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Spring Valley	Watterson Park
Population	770 → 756 (-1.8%)	1,074 → 736 (-31.5%)
Median household income	$135,375 → $156,250 (+15.4%)	$30,948 → $38,984 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$309,500 → $405,900 (+31.1%)	$131,000 → $187,500 (+43.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$479 → $820 (+71.2%)

Spring Valley

Population

770756

Median household income

$135,375$156,250

Median home value

$309,500$405,900

Watterson Park

Population

1,074736

Median household income

$30,948$38,984

Median home value

$131,000$187,500

Median gross rent

$479$820

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Spring Valley	Watterson Park
Under 5	6.0%	9.6%
5 to 17	28.2%	15.6%
18 to 24	4.5%	6.1%
25 to 34	4.8%	8.4%
35 to 44	17.5%	11.1%
45 to 54	12.6%	17.9%
55 to 64	13.4%	21.9%
65 to 74	8.2%	6.0%
75 and over	5.0%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Spring Valley	Watterson Park
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	42.7%
Black or African American	1.7%	32.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	21.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Spring Valley	Watterson Park
No high school diploma	0.0%	20.8%
High school graduate	7.5%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	21.1%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	43.8%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	27.6%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Spring Valley	Watterson Park
Drove alone	69.2%	82.8%
Carpooled	4.5%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.8%
Walked	2.5%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.7%	10.4%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Spring Valley	Watterson Park
1-unit, detached	100.0%	48.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	17.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	20.3%

Poverty & households

	Spring Valley	Watterson Park
Poverty rate	1.3%	24.0%
Average household size	3.19	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1968	1959