Millstone vs Whitesburg

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

Millstone 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 617 in Millstone). Millstone has the higher median household income ($40,325 vs $31,875 in Whitesburg). Since 2019, Millstone's population has grown faster (+258.7% vs -16.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Millstone	Whitesburg
Population	617	1,998
Median age	34.9 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$40,325	$31,875
Median home value	—	$111,300
Median gross rent	—	$619
Housing units	181	868
Homeownership rate	42.5%	50.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Millstone	Whitesburg
Population	172 → 617 (+258.7%)	2,382 → 1,998 (-16.1%)
Median household income	$38,040 → $40,325 (+6.0%)	$36,776 → $31,875 (-13.3%)
Median home value	—	$117,900 → $111,300 (-5.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$569 → $619 (+8.8%)

Millstone

Population

172617

Median household income

$38,040$40,325

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)

	Millstone	Whitesburg
Under 5	0.0%	4.4%
5 to 17	23.0%	16.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.5%
25 to 34	27.7%	10.6%
35 to 44	0.0%	16.8%
45 to 54	17.8%	11.0%
55 to 64	11.8%	10.3%
65 to 74	2.9%	11.3%
75 and over	16.7%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Millstone	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+

	Millstone	Whitesburg
No high school diploma	58.5%	13.5%
High school graduate	36.0%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	5.5%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Millstone	Whitesburg
Drove alone	100.0%	78.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	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)

	Millstone	Whitesburg
1-unit, detached	100.0%	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	0.0%	15.7%

Poverty & households

	Millstone	Whitesburg
Poverty rate	42.1%	34.9%
Average household size	3.41	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	—	18
Median year structure built	1938	1963