Barbourville vs Flat Lick

A side-by-side comparison of Barbourville and Flat Lick: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Barbourville has the higher population (3,181 vs 711 in Flat Lick). Barbourville has the higher median household income ($20,971 vs $15,828 in Flat Lick). Since 2019, Barbourville's population has grown faster (+3.5% vs -33.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Barbourville	Flat Lick
Population	3,181	711
Median age	34.5 yrs	31.0 yrs
Median household income	$20,971	$15,828
Median home value	$190,200	—
Median gross rent	$604	$677
Housing units	1,514	465
Homeownership rate	44.8%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	32.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barbourville	Flat Lick
Population	3,072 → 3,181 (+3.5%)	1,072 → 711 (-33.7%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $20,971 (-57.0%)	$18,850 → $15,828 (-16.0%)
Median home value	$161,900 → $190,200 (+17.5%)	$71,800 → $78,700 (+9.6%)
Median gross rent	$647 → $604 (-6.6%)	$671 → $677 (+0.9%)

Barbourville

Population

3,0723,181

Median household income

$48,750$20,971

Median home value

$161,900$190,200

Median gross rent

$647$604

Flat Lick

Population

1,072711

Median household income

$18,850$15,828

Median home value

$71,800$78,700

Median gross rent

$671$677

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barbourville	Flat Lick
Under 5	6.6%	16.0%
5 to 17	9.7%	16.9%
18 to 24	15.3%	6.8%
25 to 34	20.6%	10.7%
35 to 44	9.8%	18.7%
45 to 54	6.8%	4.6%
55 to 64	10.9%	19.7%
65 to 74	5.6%	4.6%
75 and over	14.6%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barbourville	Flat Lick
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	2.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barbourville	Flat Lick
No high school diploma	24.2%	77.9%
High school graduate	27.0%	9.1%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	13.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barbourville	Flat Lick
Drove alone	80.8%	100.0%
Carpooled	6.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	0.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barbourville	Flat Lick
1-unit, detached	57.8%	31.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	23.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	61.1%

Poverty & households

	Barbourville	Flat Lick
Poverty rate	48.9%	100.0%
Average household size	2.34	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	20	—
Median year structure built	1968	1982