Gamaliel vs Tompkinsville

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

Gamaliel 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 359 in Gamaliel). Tompkinsville has the higher median household income ($37,405 vs $37,000 in Gamaliel). Tompkinsville has the higher median home value ($86,100 vs $82,800 in Gamaliel).

Population, income & housing

	Gamaliel	Tompkinsville
Population	359	2,672
Median age	46.8 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$37,000	$37,405
Median home value	$82,800	$86,100
Median gross rent	$744	$600
Housing units	201	1,293
Homeownership rate	70.6%	50.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gamaliel	Tompkinsville
Population	323 → 359 (+11.1%)	2,966 → 2,672 (-9.9%)
Median household income	$30,395 → $37,000 (+21.7%)	$31,364 → $37,405 (+19.3%)
Median home value	$69,500 → $82,800 (+19.1%)	$73,400 → $86,100 (+17.3%)
Median gross rent	$620 → $744 (+20.0%)	$455 → $600 (+31.9%)

Gamaliel

Population

323359

Median household income

$30,395$37,000

Median home value

$69,500$82,800

Median gross rent

$620$744

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)

	Gamaliel	Tompkinsville
Under 5	3.3%	6.3%
5 to 17	15.9%	23.7%
18 to 24	5.8%	4.3%
25 to 34	13.4%	11.5%
35 to 44	9.2%	9.8%
45 to 54	14.2%	8.9%
55 to 64	13.1%	19.0%
65 to 74	11.7%	8.1%
75 and over	13.4%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gamaliel	Tompkinsville
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	80.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	10.8%
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	1.1%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gamaliel	Tompkinsville
No high school diploma	9.7%	21.8%
High school graduate	59.9%	45.2%
Some college or associate's	16.7%	20.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gamaliel	Tompkinsville
Drove alone	78.6%	74.0%
Carpooled	18.6%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.7%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gamaliel	Tompkinsville
1-unit, detached	80.6%	65.7%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	11.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	10.0%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Gamaliel	Tompkinsville
Poverty rate	22.6%	22.8%
Average household size	1.99	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	34	21
Median year structure built	1972	1971