Crab Orchard vs Stanford

A side-by-side comparison of Crab Orchard and Stanford: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Stanford has the higher population (3,662 vs 762 in Crab Orchard). Stanford has the higher median household income ($55,000 vs $31,397 in Crab Orchard). Stanford has the higher median home value ($154,000 vs $97,700 in Crab Orchard).

Population, income & housing

	Crab Orchard	Stanford
Population	762	3,662
Median age	38.4 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$31,397	$55,000
Median home value	$97,700	$154,000
Median gross rent	$613	$683
Housing units	428	1,714
Homeownership rate	58.4%	67.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.1%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	19.4%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crab Orchard	Stanford
Population	813 → 762 (-6.3%)	3,677 → 3,662 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$25,833 → $31,397 (+21.5%)	$40,347 → $55,000 (+36.3%)
Median home value	$71,700 → $97,700 (+36.3%)	$109,900 → $154,000 (+40.1%)
Median gross rent	$398 → $613 (+54.0%)	$616 → $683 (+10.9%)

Crab Orchard

Population

813762

Median household income

$25,833$31,397

Median home value

$71,700$97,700

Median gross rent

$398$613

Stanford

Population

3,6773,662

Median household income

$40,347$55,000

Median home value

$109,900$154,000

Median gross rent

$616$683

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crab Orchard	Stanford
Under 5	6.7%	4.4%
5 to 17	15.5%	16.3%
18 to 24	11.0%	7.1%
25 to 34	10.6%	11.1%
35 to 44	15.4%	9.8%
45 to 54	14.8%	13.5%
55 to 64	9.8%	14.1%
65 to 74	8.9%	13.2%
75 and over	7.2%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crab Orchard	Stanford
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	86.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.6%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crab Orchard	Stanford
No high school diploma	21.4%	12.4%
High school graduate	42.6%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crab Orchard	Stanford
Drove alone	81.0%	82.3%
Carpooled	13.9%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	8.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crab Orchard	Stanford
1-unit, detached	77.3%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	11.0%	7.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Crab Orchard	Stanford
Poverty rate	31.2%	12.2%
Average household size	2.32	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1972	1977