Bardstown vs New Haven

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

Bardstown and New Haven 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 798 in New Haven). New Haven has the higher median household income ($68,977 vs $49,781 in Bardstown). Bardstown has the higher median home value ($190,800 vs $143,100 in New Haven).

Population, income & housing

	Bardstown	New Haven
Population	13,673	798
Median age	39.2 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$49,781	$68,977
Median home value	$190,800	$143,100
Median gross rent	$917	$808
Housing units	6,059	379
Homeownership rate	58.6%	67.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%	10.8%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	10.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bardstown	New Haven
Population	13,094 → 13,673 (+4.4%)	676 → 798 (+18.0%)
Median household income	$54,328 → $49,781 (-8.4%)	$42,143 → $68,977 (+63.7%)
Median home value	$123,500 → $190,800 (+54.5%)	$102,100 → $143,100 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	$676 → $917 (+35.7%)	$651 → $808 (+24.1%)

Bardstown

Population

13,09413,673

Median household income

$54,328$49,781

Median home value

$123,500$190,800

Median gross rent

$676$917

New Haven

Population

676798

Median household income

$42,143$68,977

Median home value

$102,100$143,100

Median gross rent

$651$808

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bardstown	New Haven
Under 5	7.3%	2.4%
5 to 17	15.6%	16.3%
18 to 24	7.7%	13.0%
25 to 34	14.8%	12.7%
35 to 44	12.2%	8.4%
45 to 54	10.2%	13.5%
55 to 64	14.9%	12.5%
65 to 74	10.5%	11.4%
75 and over	6.7%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bardstown	New Haven
White (non-Hispanic)	79.2%	96.0%
Black or African American	13.3%	1.1%
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%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bardstown	New Haven
No high school diploma	11.8%	7.0%
High school graduate	36.6%	51.4%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bardstown	New Haven
Drove alone	81.8%	73.6%
Carpooled	8.5%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	1.4%	6.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	3.5%
Other means	5.1%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bardstown	New Haven
1-unit, detached	70.4%	79.9%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	8.4%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Bardstown	New Haven
Poverty rate	11.1%	12.3%
Average household size	2.29	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1982	1967