Beech Grove vs Island

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

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

Island has the higher population (616 vs 180 in Beech Grove). Beech Grove has the higher median household income ($145,121 vs $48,875 in Island). Beech Grove has the higher median home value ($137,500 vs $72,100 in Island).

Population, income & housing

	Beech Grove	Island
Population	180	616
Median age	28.4 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$145,121	$48,875
Median home value	$137,500	$72,100
Median gross rent	—	$916
Housing units	112	266
Homeownership rate	100.0%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.8%	8.2%
Unemployment rate	36.6%	14.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beech Grove	Island
Population	404 → 180 (-55.4%)	462 → 616 (+33.3%)
Median household income	$41,285 → $145,121 (+251.5%)	$36,875 → $48,875 (+32.5%)
Median home value	$64,100 → $137,500 (+114.5%)	$60,000 → $72,100 (+20.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$617 → $916 (+48.5%)

Beech Grove

Population

404180

Median household income

$41,285$145,121

Median home value

$64,100$137,500

Island

Population

462616

Median household income

$36,875$48,875

Median home value

$60,000$72,100

Median gross rent

$617$916

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beech Grove	Island
Under 5	42.2%	3.9%
5 to 17	0.0%	16.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.2%
25 to 34	50.0%	13.1%
35 to 44	7.8%	11.2%
45 to 54	0.0%	12.7%
55 to 64	0.0%	12.2%
65 to 74	0.0%	14.0%
75 and over	0.0%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beech Grove	Island
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beech Grove	Island
No high school diploma	0.0%	9.8%
High school graduate	56.7%	49.4%
Some college or associate's	13.5%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	29.8%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beech Grove	Island
Drove alone	47.5%	68.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	26.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	52.5%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beech Grove	Island
1-unit, detached	72.3%	57.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.7%	41.0%

Poverty & households

	Beech Grove	Island
Poverty rate	0.0%	11.7%
Average household size	3.05	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	—	34
Median year structure built	2002	1981