Stearns vs Whitley City

A side-by-side comparison of Stearns and Whitley City: population, income, housing, and more.

Stearns and Whitley City 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 782 in Whitley City). Stearns has the higher median household income ($36,964 vs $31,250 in Whitley City). Since 2019, Stearns's population has grown faster (+26.8% vs -44.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Stearns	Whitley City
Population	1,509	782
Median age	36.9 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$36,964	$31,250
Median home value	—	$61,900
Median gross rent	$581	$942
Housing units	603	473
Homeownership rate	86.6%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.0%	5.7%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Stearns	Whitley City
Population	1,190 → 1,509 (+26.8%)	1,400 → 782 (-44.1%)
Median household income	$22,826 → $36,964 (+61.9%)	$15,270 → $31,250 (+104.6%)
Median home value	$54,800 → $60,100 (+9.7%)	$63,800 → $61,900 (-3.0%)
Median gross rent	$556 → $581 (+4.5%)	$559 → $942 (+68.5%)

Stearns

Population

1,1901,509

Median household income

$22,826$36,964

Median home value

$54,800$60,100

Median gross rent

$556$581

Whitley City

Population

1,400782

Median household income

$15,270$31,250

Median home value

$63,800$61,900

Median gross rent

$559$942

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Stearns	Whitley City
Under 5	2.7%	13.9%
5 to 17	19.9%	25.1%
18 to 24	7.7%	2.3%
25 to 34	17.8%	2.8%
35 to 44	9.7%	17.4%
45 to 54	15.0%	22.6%
55 to 64	9.4%	7.7%
65 to 74	7.7%	4.2%
75 and over	10.0%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Stearns	Whitley City
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	80.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.7%
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	0.0%	13.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Stearns	Whitley City
No high school diploma	15.7%	16.3%
High school graduate	25.8%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	45.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	5.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Stearns	Whitley City
Drove alone	83.2%	64.0%
Carpooled	6.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	2.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	20.7%
Other means	0.0%	13.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Stearns	Whitley City
1-unit, detached	81.3%	56.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	18.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	3.5%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	15.3%	15.2%

Poverty & households

	Stearns	Whitley City
Poverty rate	38.3%	42.5%
Average household size	2.98	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	32	—
Median year structure built	1986	1983