Van Lear vs West Van Lear

A side-by-side comparison of Van Lear and West Van Lear: population, income, housing, and more.

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

West Van Lear has the higher population (1,224 vs 520 in Van Lear). West Van Lear has the higher median household income ($78,625 vs $32,895 in Van Lear). West Van Lear has the higher median home value ($131,100 vs $77,500 in Van Lear).

Population, income & housing

	Van Lear	West Van Lear
Population	520	1,224
Median age	42.5 yrs	29.8 yrs
Median household income	$32,895	$78,625
Median home value	$77,500	$131,100
Housing units	410	512
Homeownership rate	73.0%	96.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Van Lear	West Van Lear
Population	477 → 520 (+9.0%)	1,231 → 1,224 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$36,354 → $32,895 (-9.5%)	$69,375 → $78,625 (+13.3%)
Median home value	$76,800 → $77,500 (+0.9%)	$129,700 → $131,100 (+1.1%)

Van Lear

Population

477520

Median household income

$36,354$32,895

Median home value

$76,800$77,500

West Van Lear

Population

1,2311,224

Median household income

$69,375$78,625

Median home value

$129,700$131,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Van Lear	West Van Lear
Under 5	4.2%	7.8%
5 to 17	20.6%	14.3%
18 to 24	8.8%	4.2%
25 to 34	5.2%	27.8%
35 to 44	18.8%	21.7%
45 to 54	2.1%	11.0%
55 to 64	24.2%	4.2%
65 to 74	8.3%	6.4%
75 and over	7.7%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Van Lear	West Van Lear
White (non-Hispanic)	88.7%	96.0%
Black or African American	8.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Van Lear	West Van Lear
No high school diploma	6.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	44.1%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	51.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.1%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	15.4%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Van Lear	West Van Lear
Drove alone	80.2%	86.1%
Carpooled	19.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	13.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Van Lear	West Van Lear
1-unit, detached	77.8%	86.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.5%	13.3%

Poverty & households

	Van Lear	West Van Lear
Poverty rate	29.4%	2.9%
Average household size	2.06	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1974	1987