Garrison vs Vanceburg

A side-by-side comparison of Garrison and Vanceburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Vanceburg has the higher population (1,443 vs 748 in Garrison). Garrison has the higher median household income ($36,765 vs $26,369 in Vanceburg). Vanceburg has the higher median home value ($78,100 vs $65,900 in Garrison).

Population, income & housing

	Garrison	Vanceburg
Population	748	1,443
Median age	48.5 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	$36,765	$26,369
Median home value	$65,900	$78,100
Median gross rent	—	$465
Housing units	259	755
Homeownership rate	83.9%	50.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	8.3%
Unemployment rate	18.5%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garrison	Vanceburg
Population	776 → 748 (-3.6%)	1,462 → 1,443 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$36,083 → $36,765 (+1.9%)	$17,197 → $26,369 (+53.3%)
Median home value	$50,100 → $65,900 (+31.5%)	$57,100 → $78,100 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$475 → $941 (+98.1%)	$425 → $465 (+9.4%)

Garrison

Population

776748

Median household income

$36,083$36,765

Median home value

$50,100$65,900

Median gross rent

$475$941

Vanceburg

Population

1,4621,443

Median household income

$17,197$26,369

Median home value

$57,100$78,100

Median gross rent

$425$465

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garrison	Vanceburg
Under 5	8.7%	4.4%
5 to 17	20.6%	11.4%
18 to 24	2.3%	7.8%
25 to 34	6.6%	7.6%
35 to 44	10.6%	12.8%
45 to 54	8.0%	11.2%
55 to 64	24.9%	21.1%
65 to 74	11.0%	14.1%
75 and over	7.5%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garrison	Vanceburg
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	95.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
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	0.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garrison	Vanceburg
No high school diploma	35.7%	24.3%
High school graduate	37.5%	48.0%
Some college or associate's	17.0%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garrison	Vanceburg
Drove alone	88.0%	94.6%
Carpooled	4.0%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	1.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garrison	Vanceburg
1-unit, detached	90.3%	59.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	12.7%

Poverty & households

	Garrison	Vanceburg
Poverty rate	51.9%	41.7%
Average household size	3.25	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	62	24
Median year structure built	1964	1978