Park Hills vs Ryland Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Park Hills and Ryland Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

Park Hills and Ryland Heights are places in Kentucky. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Park Hills has the higher population (3,155 vs 712 in Ryland Heights). Park Hills has the higher median household income ($102,112 vs $62,875 in Ryland Heights). Park Hills has the higher median home value ($274,200 vs $207,200 in Ryland Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Park Hills	Ryland Heights
Population	3,155	712
Median age	30.9 yrs	55.7 yrs
Median household income	$102,112	$62,875
Median home value	$274,200	$207,200
Median gross rent	$900	$1,188
Housing units	1,505	332
Homeownership rate	66.9%	89.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.3%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Park Hills	Ryland Heights
Population	2,987 → 3,155 (+5.6%)	1,086 → 712 (-34.4%)
Median household income	$50,000 → $102,112 (+104.2%)	$59,375 → $62,875 (+5.9%)
Median home value	$198,900 → $274,200 (+37.9%)	$134,400 → $207,200 (+54.2%)
Median gross rent	$768 → $900 (+17.2%)	$921 → $1,188 (+29.0%)

Park Hills

Population

2,9873,155

Median household income

$50,000$102,112

Median home value

$198,900$274,200

Median gross rent

$768$900

Ryland Heights

Population

1,086712

Median household income

$59,375$62,875

Median home value

$134,400$207,200

Median gross rent

$921$1,188

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Park Hills	Ryland Heights
Under 5	9.2%	1.5%
5 to 17	14.3%	13.1%
18 to 24	13.1%	6.6%
25 to 34	19.4%	5.8%
35 to 44	13.5%	9.3%
45 to 54	10.8%	13.5%
55 to 64	6.5%	23.3%
65 to 74	5.0%	13.5%
75 and over	8.2%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Park Hills	Ryland Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	79.5%	95.9%
Black or African American	2.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.2%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Park Hills	Ryland Heights
No high school diploma	3.3%	8.9%
High school graduate	13.6%	45.5%
Some college or associate's	20.9%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	33.1%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	29.2%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Park Hills	Ryland Heights
Drove alone	69.3%	77.1%
Carpooled	5.7%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.0%	11.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Park Hills	Ryland Heights
1-unit, detached	58.7%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	18.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	14.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	14.8%

Poverty & households

	Park Hills	Ryland Heights
Poverty rate	15.4%	6.7%
Average household size	2.38	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	19	28
Median year structure built	1950	1971