Fleming-Neon vs Whitesburg

A side-by-side comparison of Fleming-Neon and Whitesburg: population, income, housing, and more.

Fleming-Neon and Whitesburg are places in Kentucky. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Whitesburg has the higher population (1,998 vs 555 in Fleming-Neon). Fleming-Neon has the higher median household income ($37,969 vs $31,875 in Whitesburg). Whitesburg has the higher median home value ($111,300 vs $52,700 in Fleming-Neon).

Population, income & housing

	Fleming-Neon	Whitesburg
Population	555	1,998
Median age	34.0 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$37,969	$31,875
Median home value	$52,700	$111,300
Median gross rent	$693	$619
Housing units	306	868
Homeownership rate	88.6%	50.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fleming-Neon	Whitesburg
Population	537 → 555 (+3.4%)	2,382 → 1,998 (-16.1%)
Median household income	$25,694 → $37,969 (+47.8%)	$36,776 → $31,875 (-13.3%)
Median home value	$36,500 → $52,700 (+44.4%)	$117,900 → $111,300 (-5.6%)
Median gross rent	$363 → $693 (+90.9%)	$569 → $619 (+8.8%)

Fleming-Neon

Population

537555

Median household income

$25,694$37,969

Median home value

$36,500$52,700

Median gross rent

$363$693

Whitesburg

Population

2,3821,998

Median household income

$36,776$31,875

Median home value

$117,900$111,300

Median gross rent

$569$619

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fleming-Neon	Whitesburg
Under 5	10.6%	4.4%
5 to 17	17.1%	16.7%
18 to 24	3.1%	6.5%
25 to 34	19.3%	10.6%
35 to 44	6.3%	16.8%
45 to 54	22.9%	11.0%
55 to 64	9.0%	10.3%
65 to 74	6.1%	11.3%
75 and over	5.6%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fleming-Neon	Whitesburg
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	95.2%
Black or African American	4.1%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fleming-Neon	Whitesburg
No high school diploma	14.6%	13.5%
High school graduate	34.9%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fleming-Neon	Whitesburg
Drove alone	78.3%	78.3%
Carpooled	4.4%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.9%	11.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fleming-Neon	Whitesburg
1-unit, detached	62.4%	56.2%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	28.4%	15.7%

Poverty & households

	Fleming-Neon	Whitesburg
Poverty rate	14.9%	34.9%
Average household size	2.42	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	24	18
Median year structure built	1969	1963