Lewisburg vs Russellville

A side-by-side comparison of Lewisburg and Russellville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Russellville has the higher population (7,244 vs 1,093 in Lewisburg). Russellville has the higher median household income ($47,875 vs $37,684 in Lewisburg). Russellville has the higher median home value ($156,000 vs $101,000 in Lewisburg).

Population, income & housing

	Lewisburg	Russellville
Population	1,093	7,244
Median age	42.2 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$37,684	$47,875
Median home value	$101,000	$156,000
Median gross rent	$471	$711
Housing units	557	3,569
Homeownership rate	70.5%	56.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	11.2%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lewisburg	Russellville
Population	756 → 1,093 (+44.6%)	7,039 → 7,244 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$32,981 → $37,684 (+14.3%)	$36,840 → $47,875 (+30.0%)
Median home value	$80,700 → $101,000 (+25.2%)	$91,600 → $156,000 (+70.3%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $471 (-10.3%)	$595 → $711 (+19.5%)

Lewisburg

Population

7561,093

Median household income

$32,981$37,684

Median home value

$80,700$101,000

Median gross rent

$525$471

Russellville

Population

7,0397,244

Median household income

$36,840$47,875

Median home value

$91,600$156,000

Median gross rent

$595$711

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lewisburg	Russellville
Under 5	4.9%	4.4%
5 to 17	18.9%	19.3%
18 to 24	6.5%	5.8%
25 to 34	11.6%	11.7%
35 to 44	9.0%	11.2%
45 to 54	15.2%	12.7%
55 to 64	12.3%	11.3%
65 to 74	13.6%	12.3%
75 and over	8.0%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lewisburg	Russellville
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	78.7%
Black or African American	0.5%	10.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lewisburg	Russellville
No high school diploma	28.5%	12.7%
High school graduate	43.4%	44.0%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lewisburg	Russellville
Drove alone	85.2%	82.5%
Carpooled	7.6%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lewisburg	Russellville
1-unit, detached	69.7%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	15.5%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.7%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	11.7%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Lewisburg	Russellville
Poverty rate	24.4%	16.8%
Average household size	2.32	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1974	1969