Bardstown vs Boston

A side-by-side comparison of Bardstown and Boston: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bardstown has the higher population (13,673 vs 154 in Boston). Boston has the higher median household income ($60,486 vs $49,781 in Bardstown). Bardstown has the higher median home value ($190,800 vs $180,400 in Boston).

Population, income & housing

	Bardstown	Boston
Population	13,673	154
Median age	39.2 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$49,781	$60,486
Median home value	$190,800	$180,400
Median gross rent	$917	—
Housing units	6,059	88
Homeownership rate	58.6%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%	5.1%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bardstown	Boston
Population	13,094 → 13,673 (+4.4%)	131 → 154 (+17.6%)
Median household income	$54,328 → $49,781 (-8.4%)	$78,750 → $60,486 (-23.2%)
Median home value	$123,500 → $190,800 (+54.5%)	$165,000 → $180,400 (+9.3%)
Median gross rent	$676 → $917 (+35.7%)	—

Bardstown

Population

13,09413,673

Median household income

$54,328$49,781

Median home value

$123,500$190,800

Median gross rent

$676$917

Boston

Population

131154

Median household income

$78,750$60,486

Median home value

$165,000$180,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bardstown	Boston
Under 5	7.3%	2.6%
5 to 17	15.6%	9.1%
18 to 24	7.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.8%	24.0%
35 to 44	12.2%	20.1%
45 to 54	10.2%	11.7%
55 to 64	14.9%	18.2%
65 to 74	10.5%	14.3%
75 and over	6.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bardstown	Boston
White (non-Hispanic)	79.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	13.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bardstown	Boston
No high school diploma	11.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	36.6%	77.2%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	17.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bardstown	Boston
Drove alone	81.8%	100.0%
Carpooled	8.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	0.0%
Other means	5.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bardstown	Boston
1-unit, detached	70.4%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	28.4%

Poverty & households

	Bardstown	Boston
Poverty rate	11.1%	0.0%
Average household size	2.29	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1982	1989