Bardstown vs Chaplin

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

Bardstown and Chaplin 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 583 in Chaplin). Chaplin has the higher median household income ($80,250 vs $49,781 in Bardstown). Bardstown has the higher median home value ($190,800 vs $167,400 in Chaplin).

Population, income & housing

	Bardstown	Chaplin
Population	13,673	583
Median age	39.2 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$49,781	$80,250
Median home value	$190,800	$167,400
Median gross rent	$917	—
Housing units	6,059	173
Homeownership rate	58.6%	85.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bardstown	Chaplin
Population	13,094 → 13,673 (+4.4%)	606 → 583 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$54,328 → $49,781 (-8.4%)	$48,917 → $80,250 (+64.1%)
Median home value	$123,500 → $190,800 (+54.5%)	$104,700 → $167,400 (+59.9%)
Median gross rent	$676 → $917 (+35.7%)	$790 → $959 (+21.4%)

Bardstown

Population

13,09413,673

Median household income

$54,328$49,781

Median home value

$123,500$190,800

Median gross rent

$676$917

Chaplin

Population

606583

Median household income

$48,917$80,250

Median home value

$104,700$167,400

Median gross rent

$790$959

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bardstown	Chaplin
Under 5	7.3%	3.3%
5 to 17	15.6%	25.4%
18 to 24	7.7%	8.6%
25 to 34	14.8%	13.9%
35 to 44	12.2%	7.2%
45 to 54	10.2%	21.4%
55 to 64	14.9%	12.7%
65 to 74	10.5%	2.1%
75 and over	6.7%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bardstown	Chaplin
White (non-Hispanic)	79.2%	87.3%
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%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	12.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bardstown	Chaplin
No high school diploma	11.8%	9.3%
High school graduate	36.6%	56.8%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	21.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bardstown	Chaplin
Drove alone	81.8%	74.9%
Carpooled	8.5%	25.1%
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	Chaplin
1-unit, detached	70.4%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bardstown	Chaplin
Poverty rate	11.1%	14.4%
Average household size	2.29	3.37
Mean commute (minutes)	20	40
Median year structure built	1982	1968