Fountain Run vs Tompkinsville

A side-by-side comparison of Fountain Run and Tompkinsville: population, income, housing, and more.

Fountain Run and Tompkinsville are places in Kentucky. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Tompkinsville has the higher population (2,672 vs 306 in Fountain Run). Fountain Run has the higher median household income ($57,593 vs $37,405 in Tompkinsville). Fountain Run has the higher median home value ($107,800 vs $86,100 in Tompkinsville).

Population, income & housing

	Fountain Run	Tompkinsville
Population	306	2,672
Median age	39.7 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,593	$37,405
Median home value	$107,800	$86,100
Median gross rent	$723	$600
Housing units	174	1,293
Homeownership rate	64.3%	50.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fountain Run	Tompkinsville
Population	218 → 306 (+40.4%)	2,966 → 2,672 (-9.9%)
Median household income	$33,250 → $57,593 (+73.2%)	$31,364 → $37,405 (+19.3%)
Median home value	$51,800 → $107,800 (+108.1%)	$73,400 → $86,100 (+17.3%)
Median gross rent	$429 → $723 (+68.5%)	$455 → $600 (+31.9%)

Fountain Run

Population

218306

Median household income

$33,250$57,593

Median home value

$51,800$107,800

Median gross rent

$429$723

Tompkinsville

Population

2,9662,672

Median household income

$31,364$37,405

Median home value

$73,400$86,100

Median gross rent

$455$600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fountain Run	Tompkinsville
Under 5	8.5%	6.3%
5 to 17	8.5%	23.7%
18 to 24	10.1%	4.3%
25 to 34	15.0%	11.5%
35 to 44	11.8%	9.8%
45 to 54	24.5%	8.9%
55 to 64	11.1%	19.0%
65 to 74	4.6%	8.1%
75 and over	5.9%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fountain Run	Tompkinsville
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	80.7%
Black or African American	1.3%	10.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	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%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fountain Run	Tompkinsville
No high school diploma	21.1%	21.8%
High school graduate	39.5%	45.2%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	20.3%
Bachelor's degree	1.3%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fountain Run	Tompkinsville
Drove alone	78.7%	74.0%
Carpooled	17.7%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	4.8%
Other means	1.2%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fountain Run	Tompkinsville
1-unit, detached	64.4%	65.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	11.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	29.3%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Fountain Run	Tompkinsville
Poverty rate	32.7%	22.8%
Average household size	2.19	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1982	1971