Mays Lick vs Maysville

A side-by-side comparison of Mays Lick and Maysville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Maysville has the higher population (8,778 vs 97 in Mays Lick). Maysville has the higher median household income ($41,923 vs $39,688 in Mays Lick). Since 2019, Maysville's population has grown faster (-0.0% vs -66.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Mays Lick	Maysville
Population	97	8,778
Median age	51.5 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$39,688	$41,923
Median home value	—	$152,100
Median gross rent	—	$700
Housing units	160	4,604
Homeownership rate	83.0%	55.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mays Lick	Maysville
Population	293 → 97 (-66.9%)	8,782 → 8,778 (-0.0%)
Median household income	$73,333 → $39,688 (-45.9%)	$35,102 → $41,923 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$97,500 → $87,500 (-10.3%)	$132,200 → $152,100 (+15.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$628 → $700 (+11.5%)

Mays Lick

Population

29397

Median household income

$73,333$39,688

Median home value

$97,500$87,500

Maysville

Population

8,7828,778

Median household income

$35,102$41,923

Median home value

$132,200$152,100

Median gross rent

$628$700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mays Lick	Maysville
Under 5	0.0%	5.8%
5 to 17	14.4%	14.0%
18 to 24	4.1%	7.9%
25 to 34	7.2%	11.8%
35 to 44	10.3%	13.4%
45 to 54	15.5%	12.6%
55 to 64	20.6%	12.9%
65 to 74	18.6%	13.7%
75 and over	9.3%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mays Lick	Maysville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	85.5%
Black or African American	8.2%	6.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mays Lick	Maysville
No high school diploma	3.8%	15.3%
High school graduate	57.0%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	3.8%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mays Lick	Maysville
Drove alone	50.0%	88.0%
Carpooled	28.6%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.4%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mays Lick	Maysville
1-unit, detached	96.3%	61.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.4%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	15.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Mays Lick	Maysville
Poverty rate	39.2%	23.8%
Average household size	1.83	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	—	22
Median year structure built	2003	1969