Nicholasville vs Wilmore

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

Nicholasville and Wilmore 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 6,031 in Wilmore). Nicholasville has the higher median household income ($67,514 vs $64,245 in Wilmore). Both have a median home value of $210,700.

Population, income & housing

	Nicholasville	Wilmore
Population	31,625	6,031
Median age	38.2 yrs	29.3 yrs
Median household income	$67,514	$64,245
Median home value	$210,700	$210,700
Median gross rent	$996	$855
Housing units	12,518	2,079
Homeownership rate	62.8%	52.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.0%	45.3%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nicholasville	Wilmore
Population	30,301 → 31,625 (+4.4%)	6,335 → 6,031 (-4.8%)
Median household income	$48,242 → $67,514 (+39.9%)	$50,662 → $64,245 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$144,800 → $210,700 (+45.5%)	$170,800 → $210,700 (+23.4%)
Median gross rent	$792 → $996 (+25.8%)	$718 → $855 (+19.1%)

Nicholasville

Population

30,30131,625

Median household income

$48,242$67,514

Median home value

$144,800$210,700

Median gross rent

$792$996

Wilmore

Population

6,3356,031

Median household income

$50,662$64,245

Median home value

$170,800$210,700

Median gross rent

$718$855

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nicholasville	Wilmore
Under 5	7.5%	4.9%
5 to 17	17.9%	15.8%
18 to 24	7.5%	20.4%
25 to 34	13.1%	22.3%
35 to 44	14.7%	8.0%
45 to 54	13.0%	7.3%
55 to 64	12.5%	7.5%
65 to 74	8.7%	5.8%
75 and over	5.1%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nicholasville	Wilmore
White (non-Hispanic)	84.9%	89.2%
Black or African American	4.4%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.8%
Two or more races	3.7%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nicholasville	Wilmore
No high school diploma	11.0%	3.8%
High school graduate	32.7%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	22.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nicholasville	Wilmore
Drove alone	81.0%	58.9%
Carpooled	9.7%	17.5%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	11.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	11.9%
Other means	0.2%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nicholasville	Wilmore
1-unit, detached	69.0%	64.0%
1-unit, attached	10.6%	16.2%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	13.4%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	3.1%
20 or more units	1.4%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Nicholasville	Wilmore
Poverty rate	12.4%	11.8%
Average household size	2.63	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1991	1991