Grand Rivers vs Ledbetter

A side-by-side comparison of Grand Rivers and Ledbetter: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ledbetter has the higher population (1,630 vs 469 in Grand Rivers). Grand Rivers has the higher median household income ($80,000 vs $62,798 in Ledbetter). Grand Rivers has the higher median home value ($162,500 vs $115,000 in Ledbetter).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Rivers	Ledbetter
Population	469	1,630
Median age	58.0 yrs	31.5 yrs
Median household income	$80,000	$62,798
Median home value	$162,500	$115,000
Median gross rent	$795	$1,116
Housing units	311	756
Homeownership rate	71.5%	77.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	7.9%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Rivers	Ledbetter
Population	298 → 469 (+57.4%)	1,860 → 1,630 (-12.4%)
Median household income	$61,250 → $80,000 (+30.6%)	$58,425 → $62,798 (+7.5%)
Median home value	$152,500 → $162,500 (+6.6%)	$109,400 → $115,000 (+5.1%)
Median gross rent	$931 → $795 (-14.6%)	$995 → $1,116 (+12.2%)

Grand Rivers

Population

298469

Median household income

$61,250$80,000

Median home value

$152,500$162,500

Median gross rent

$931$795

Ledbetter

Population

1,8601,630

Median household income

$58,425$62,798

Median home value

$109,400$115,000

Median gross rent

$995$1,116

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grand Rivers	Ledbetter
Under 5	2.1%	16.1%
5 to 17	9.6%	14.0%
18 to 24	3.2%	3.0%
25 to 34	5.5%	22.5%
35 to 44	10.7%	14.8%
45 to 54	13.4%	8.8%
55 to 64	21.1%	9.5%
65 to 74	15.8%	9.2%
75 and over	18.6%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Rivers	Ledbetter
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
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	0.2%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand Rivers	Ledbetter
No high school diploma	12.5%	10.1%
High school graduate	34.6%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	43.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	3.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Rivers	Ledbetter
Drove alone	47.7%	78.8%
Carpooled	11.6%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.9%
Walked	25.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	8.1%
Other means	2.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Rivers	Ledbetter
1-unit, detached	83.0%	77.5%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	10.3%	19.4%

Poverty & households

	Grand Rivers	Ledbetter
Poverty rate	13.0%	29.4%
Average household size	2.35	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	17	25
Median year structure built	1974	1977