Boston vs Chaplin

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

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

Chaplin has the higher population (583 vs 154 in Boston). Chaplin has the higher median household income ($80,250 vs $60,486 in Boston). Boston has the higher median home value ($180,400 vs $167,400 in Chaplin).

Population, income & housing

	Boston	Chaplin
Population	154	583
Median age	40.4 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$60,486	$80,250
Median home value	$180,400	$167,400
Housing units	88	173
Homeownership rate	75.3%	85.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.1%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boston	Chaplin
Population	131 → 154 (+17.6%)	606 → 583 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$78,750 → $60,486 (-23.2%)	$48,917 → $80,250 (+64.1%)
Median home value	$165,000 → $180,400 (+9.3%)	$104,700 → $167,400 (+59.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$790 → $959 (+21.4%)

Boston

Population

131154

Median household income

$78,750$60,486

Median home value

$165,000$180,400

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)

	Boston	Chaplin
Under 5	2.6%	3.3%
5 to 17	9.1%	25.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.6%
25 to 34	24.0%	13.9%
35 to 44	20.1%	7.2%
45 to 54	11.7%	21.4%
55 to 64	18.2%	12.7%
65 to 74	14.3%	2.1%
75 and over	0.0%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boston	Chaplin
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	87.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	0.0%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	12.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boston	Chaplin
No high school diploma	0.0%	9.3%
High school graduate	77.2%	56.8%
Some college or associate's	17.6%	21.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boston	Chaplin
Drove alone	100.0%	74.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	25.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boston	Chaplin
1-unit, detached	71.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Boston	Chaplin
Poverty rate	0.0%	14.4%
Average household size	2.11	3.37
Mean commute (minutes)	22	40
Median year structure built	1989	1968