Pine Knot vs Stearns

A side-by-side comparison of Pine Knot and Stearns: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Stearns has the higher population (1,509 vs 1,358 in Pine Knot). Since 2019, Stearns's population has grown faster (+26.8% vs -8.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Pine Knot	Stearns
Population	1,358	1,509
Median age	55.7 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$36,964
Median home value	$111,300	—
Median gross rent	$289	$581
Housing units	745	603
Homeownership rate	47.5%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	29.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pine Knot	Stearns
Population	1,486 → 1,358 (-8.6%)	1,190 → 1,509 (+26.8%)
Median household income	—	$22,826 → $36,964 (+61.9%)
Median home value	$99,600 → $111,300 (+11.7%)	$54,800 → $60,100 (+9.7%)
Median gross rent	$510 → $289 (-43.3%)	$556 → $581 (+4.5%)

Pine Knot

Population

1,4861,358

Median home value

$99,600$111,300

Median gross rent

$510$289

Stearns

Population

1,1901,509

Median household income

$22,826$36,964

Median home value

$54,800$60,100

Median gross rent

$556$581

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pine Knot	Stearns
Under 5	3.6%	2.7%
5 to 17	9.4%	19.9%
18 to 24	15.2%	7.7%
25 to 34	6.2%	17.8%
35 to 44	5.0%	9.7%
45 to 54	5.8%	15.0%
55 to 64	33.2%	9.4%
65 to 74	9.8%	7.7%
75 and over	11.8%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pine Knot	Stearns
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	5.7%	0.0%
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	1.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pine Knot	Stearns
No high school diploma	40.9%	15.7%
High school graduate	25.8%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	18.9%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pine Knot	Stearns
Drove alone	62.3%	83.2%
Carpooled	17.9%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	10.5%
Other means	8.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pine Knot	Stearns
1-unit, detached	38.5%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	41.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	20.0%	15.3%

Poverty & households

	Pine Knot	Stearns
Poverty rate	48.3%	38.3%
Average household size	1.62	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	24	32
Median year structure built	1992	1986