Island vs Sacramento

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

Island and Sacramento 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 373 in Sacramento). Island has the higher median household income ($48,875 vs $25,455 in Sacramento). Sacramento has the higher median home value ($80,800 vs $72,100 in Island).

Population, income & housing

	Island	Sacramento
Population	616	373
Median age	42.9 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$48,875	$25,455
Median home value	$72,100	$80,800
Median gross rent	$916	$525
Housing units	266	227
Homeownership rate	80.8%	58.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.2%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	14.9%	27.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Island	Sacramento
Population	462 → 616 (+33.3%)	463 → 373 (-19.4%)
Median household income	$36,875 → $48,875 (+32.5%)	$35,000 → $25,455 (-27.3%)
Median home value	$60,000 → $72,100 (+20.2%)	$71,000 → $80,800 (+13.8%)
Median gross rent	$617 → $916 (+48.5%)	$589 → $525 (-10.9%)

Island

Population

462616

Median household income

$36,875$48,875

Median home value

$60,000$72,100

Median gross rent

$617$916

Sacramento

Population

463373

Median household income

$35,000$25,455

Median home value

$71,000$80,800

Median gross rent

$589$525

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Island	Sacramento
Under 5	3.9%	4.3%
5 to 17	16.7%	21.4%
18 to 24	6.2%	11.8%
25 to 34	13.1%	17.7%
35 to 44	11.2%	12.1%
45 to 54	12.7%	2.4%
55 to 64	12.2%	11.0%
65 to 74	14.0%	7.5%
75 and over	10.1%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Island	Sacramento
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	84.7%
Black or African American	0.6%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	12.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Island	Sacramento
No high school diploma	9.8%	17.6%
High school graduate	49.4%	51.5%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.9%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Island	Sacramento
Drove alone	68.9%	79.2%
Carpooled	26.1%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Island	Sacramento
1-unit, detached	57.9%	55.9%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	18.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	41.0%	15.9%

Poverty & households

	Island	Sacramento
Poverty rate	11.7%	35.9%
Average household size	2.36	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	34	39
Median year structure built	1981	1973