Keene vs Nicholasville

A side-by-side comparison of Keene and Nicholasville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Nicholasville has the higher population (31,625 vs 272 in Keene). Keene has the higher median household income ($125,341 vs $67,514 in Nicholasville). Nicholasville has the higher median home value ($210,700 vs $109,000 in Keene).

Population, income & housing

	Keene	Nicholasville
Population	272	31,625
Median age	55.3 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$125,341	$67,514
Median home value	$109,000	$210,700
Median gross rent	—	$996
Housing units	55	12,518
Homeownership rate	89.6%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.4%	27.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Keene	Nicholasville
Population	0 → 272 (+0.0%)	30,301 → 31,625 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$111,125 → $125,341 (+12.8%)	$48,242 → $67,514 (+39.9%)
Median home value	$94,800 → $109,000 (+15.0%)	$144,800 → $210,700 (+45.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$792 → $996 (+25.8%)

Keene

Population

0272

Median household income

$111,125$125,341

Median home value

$94,800$109,000

Nicholasville

Population

30,30131,625

Median household income

$48,242$67,514

Median home value

$144,800$210,700

Median gross rent

$792$996

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Keene	Nicholasville
Under 5	0.0%	7.5%
5 to 17	1.5%	17.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	4.4%	13.1%
35 to 44	39.7%	14.7%
45 to 54	4.0%	13.0%
55 to 64	29.0%	12.5%
65 to 74	17.6%	8.7%
75 and over	3.7%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Keene	Nicholasville
White (non-Hispanic)	16.2%	84.9%
Black or African American	83.5%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Keene	Nicholasville
No high school diploma	11.9%	11.0%
High school graduate	44.0%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	43.7%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.4%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Keene	Nicholasville
Drove alone	23.3%	81.0%
Carpooled	76.7%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Keene	Nicholasville
1-unit, detached	76.4%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	10.6%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	16.4%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Keene	Nicholasville
Poverty rate	32.7%	12.4%
Average household size	5.67	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1966	1991