Mayking vs Whitesburg

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

Mayking 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 645 in Mayking). Whitesburg has the higher median household income ($31,875 vs $29,198 in Mayking). Whitesburg has the higher median home value ($111,300 vs $71,500 in Mayking).

Population, income & housing

	Mayking	Whitesburg
Population	645	1,998
Median age	42.0 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$29,198	$31,875
Median home value	$71,500	$111,300
Median gross rent	$676	$619
Housing units	247	868
Homeownership rate	60.4%	50.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.8%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mayking	Whitesburg
Population	488 → 645 (+32.2%)	2,382 → 1,998 (-16.1%)
Median household income	$59,250 → $29,198 (-50.7%)	$36,776 → $31,875 (-13.3%)
Median home value	$56,700 → $71,500 (+26.1%)	$117,900 → $111,300 (-5.6%)
Median gross rent	$614 → $676 (+10.1%)	$569 → $619 (+8.8%)

Mayking

Population

488645

Median household income

$59,250$29,198

Median home value

$56,700$71,500

Median gross rent

$614$676

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)

	Mayking	Whitesburg
Under 5	12.7%	4.4%
5 to 17	23.4%	16.7%
18 to 24	3.1%	6.5%
25 to 34	1.7%	10.6%
35 to 44	9.3%	16.8%
45 to 54	14.7%	11.0%
55 to 64	18.4%	10.3%
65 to 74	16.6%	11.3%
75 and over	0.0%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mayking	Whitesburg
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	95.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mayking	Whitesburg
No high school diploma	21.7%	13.5%
High school graduate	36.5%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	1.5%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mayking	Whitesburg
Drove alone	85.9%	78.3%
Carpooled	14.1%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	11.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mayking	Whitesburg
1-unit, detached	71.3%	56.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	28.7%	15.7%

Poverty & households

	Mayking	Whitesburg
Poverty rate	62.2%	34.9%
Average household size	3.45	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	—	18
Median year structure built	1976	1963