Maysville vs Sardis

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

Maysville and Sardis 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 59 in Sardis). Maysville has the higher median household income ($41,923 vs $35,417 in Sardis). Maysville has the higher median home value ($152,100 vs $101,800 in Sardis).

Population, income & housing

	Maysville	Sardis
Population	8,778	59
Median age	42.1 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$41,923	$35,417
Median home value	$152,100	$101,800
Median gross rent	$700	—
Housing units	4,604	27
Homeownership rate	55.3%	91.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	9.8%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maysville	Sardis
Population	8,782 → 8,778 (-0.0%)	75 → 59 (-21.3%)
Median household income	$35,102 → $41,923 (+19.4%)	$21,250 → $35,417 (+66.7%)
Median home value	$132,200 → $152,100 (+15.1%)	$62,500 → $101,800 (+62.9%)
Median gross rent	$628 → $700 (+11.5%)	—

Maysville

Population

8,7828,778

Median household income

$35,102$41,923

Median home value

$132,200$152,100

Median gross rent

$628$700

Sardis

Population

7559

Median household income

$21,250$35,417

Median home value

$62,500$101,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Maysville	Sardis
Under 5	5.8%	8.5%
5 to 17	14.0%	16.9%
18 to 24	7.9%	5.1%
25 to 34	11.8%	1.7%
35 to 44	13.4%	10.2%
45 to 54	12.6%	18.6%
55 to 64	12.9%	10.2%
65 to 74	13.7%	23.7%
75 and over	7.8%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maysville	Sardis
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	96.6%
Black or African American	6.8%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maysville	Sardis
No high school diploma	15.3%	19.5%
High school graduate	29.1%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	2.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maysville	Sardis
Drove alone	88.0%	63.2%
Carpooled	2.6%	31.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	5.3%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maysville	Sardis
1-unit, detached	61.4%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	15.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	11.1%

Poverty & households

	Maysville	Sardis
Poverty rate	23.8%	18.0%
Average household size	2.21	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	22	34
Median year structure built	1969	1958