Beechmont vs Central City

A side-by-side comparison of Beechmont and Central City: population, income, housing, and more.

Beechmont and Central City are places in Kentucky. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Central City has the higher population (5,736 vs 940 in Beechmont). Beechmont has the higher median household income ($54,400 vs $49,025 in Central City). Beechmont has the higher median home value ($162,200 vs $140,700 in Central City).

Population, income & housing

	Beechmont	Central City
Population	940	5,736
Median age	29.1 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$54,400	$49,025
Median home value	$162,200	$140,700
Median gross rent	—	$755
Housing units	271	2,186
Homeownership rate	82.0%	66.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.2%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beechmont	Central City
Population	559 → 940 (+68.2%)	5,808 → 5,736 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$45,577 → $54,400 (+19.4%)	$42,400 → $49,025 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$84,200 → $162,200 (+92.6%)	$129,700 → $140,700 (+8.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$629 → $755 (+20.0%)

Beechmont

Population

559940

Median household income

$45,577$54,400

Median home value

$84,200$162,200

Central City

Population

5,8085,736

Median household income

$42,400$49,025

Median home value

$129,700$140,700

Median gross rent

$629$755

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beechmont	Central City
Under 5	12.2%	8.9%
5 to 17	23.1%	16.8%
18 to 24	11.9%	8.9%
25 to 34	9.7%	12.8%
35 to 44	7.6%	16.8%
45 to 54	11.9%	11.5%
55 to 64	11.5%	10.6%
65 to 74	7.8%	8.5%
75 and over	4.4%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beechmont	Central City
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	89.0%
Black or African American	2.3%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beechmont	Central City
No high school diploma	20.2%	17.7%
High school graduate	39.1%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beechmont	Central City
Drove alone	94.3%	93.0%
Carpooled	5.7%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beechmont	Central City
1-unit, detached	87.8%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	12.2%	14.3%

Poverty & households

	Beechmont	Central City
Poverty rate	13.8%	24.7%
Average household size	3.85	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	28	20
Median year structure built	1980	1974