Jenkins vs Whitesburg

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

Jenkins 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 1,569 in Jenkins). Jenkins has the higher median household income ($34,400 vs $31,875 in Whitesburg). Whitesburg has the higher median home value ($111,300 vs $65,600 in Jenkins).

Population, income & housing

	Jenkins	Whitesburg
Population	1,569	1,998
Median age	40.1 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$34,400	$31,875
Median home value	$65,600	$111,300
Median gross rent	$535	$619
Housing units	946	868
Homeownership rate	61.2%	50.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jenkins	Whitesburg
Population	2,245 → 1,569 (-30.1%)	2,382 → 1,998 (-16.1%)
Median household income	$27,763 → $34,400 (+23.9%)	$36,776 → $31,875 (-13.3%)
Median home value	$55,200 → $65,600 (+18.8%)	$117,900 → $111,300 (-5.6%)
Median gross rent	$430 → $535 (+24.4%)	$569 → $619 (+8.8%)

Jenkins

Population

2,2451,569

Median household income

$27,763$34,400

Median home value

$55,200$65,600

Median gross rent

$430$535

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)

	Jenkins	Whitesburg
Under 5	3.3%	4.4%
5 to 17	15.2%	16.7%
18 to 24	6.2%	6.5%
25 to 34	18.4%	10.6%
35 to 44	16.1%	16.8%
45 to 54	5.9%	11.0%
55 to 64	15.6%	10.3%
65 to 74	13.3%	11.3%
75 and over	6.1%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jenkins	Whitesburg
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	95.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jenkins	Whitesburg
No high school diploma	12.7%	13.5%
High school graduate	41.1%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jenkins	Whitesburg
Drove alone	61.2%	78.3%
Carpooled	17.9%	5.8%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.2%	11.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jenkins	Whitesburg
1-unit, detached	69.1%	56.2%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	11.1%
20 or more units	1.4%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	15.4%	15.7%

Poverty & households

	Jenkins	Whitesburg
Poverty rate	23.4%	34.9%
Average household size	2.25	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	28	18
Median year structure built	1961	1963