Beech Grove vs Calhoun

A side-by-side comparison of Beech Grove and Calhoun: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Calhoun has the higher population (783 vs 180 in Beech Grove). Beech Grove has the higher median household income ($145,121 vs $51,071 in Calhoun). Beech Grove has the higher median home value ($137,500 vs $106,500 in Calhoun).

Population, income & housing

	Beech Grove	Calhoun
Population	180	783
Median age	28.4 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$145,121	$51,071
Median home value	$137,500	$106,500
Median gross rent	—	$639
Housing units	112	414
Homeownership rate	100.0%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.8%	7.2%
Unemployment rate	36.6%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beech Grove	Calhoun
Population	404 → 180 (-55.4%)	826 → 783 (-5.2%)
Median household income	$41,285 → $145,121 (+251.5%)	$35,536 → $51,071 (+43.7%)
Median home value	$64,100 → $137,500 (+114.5%)	$93,300 → $106,500 (+14.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$569 → $639 (+12.3%)

Beech Grove

Population

404180

Median household income

$41,285$145,121

Median home value

$64,100$137,500

Calhoun

Population

826783

Median household income

$35,536$51,071

Median home value

$93,300$106,500

Median gross rent

$569$639

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beech Grove	Calhoun
Under 5	42.2%	6.8%
5 to 17	0.0%	10.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	10.1%
25 to 34	50.0%	17.1%
35 to 44	7.8%	4.7%
45 to 54	0.0%	11.6%
55 to 64	0.0%	14.0%
65 to 74	0.0%	11.9%
75 and over	0.0%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beech Grove	Calhoun
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	96.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
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%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beech Grove	Calhoun
No high school diploma	0.0%	9.7%
High school graduate	56.7%	42.8%
Some college or associate's	13.5%	40.3%
Bachelor's degree	29.8%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beech Grove	Calhoun
Drove alone	47.5%	76.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	52.5%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beech Grove	Calhoun
1-unit, detached	72.3%	71.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	27.7%	12.3%

Poverty & households

	Beech Grove	Calhoun
Poverty rate	0.0%	18.7%
Average household size	3.05	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	—	34
Median year structure built	2002	1962