Centertown vs Pleasant Ridge

A side-by-side comparison of Centertown and Pleasant Ridge: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pleasant Ridge has the higher population (729 vs 347 in Centertown). Centertown has the higher median household income ($46,875 vs $41,615 in Pleasant Ridge). Pleasant Ridge has the higher median home value ($104,500 vs $91,800 in Centertown).

Population, income & housing

	Centertown	Pleasant Ridge
Population	347	729
Median age	39.5 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$46,875	$41,615
Median home value	$91,800	$104,500
Median gross rent	$919	$996
Housing units	136	372
Homeownership rate	75.8%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.9%	8.9%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centertown	Pleasant Ridge
Population	507 → 347 (-31.6%)	634 → 729 (+15.0%)
Median household income	$42,917 → $46,875 (+9.2%)	$38,750 → $41,615 (+7.4%)
Median home value	$75,300 → $91,800 (+21.9%)	$90,100 → $104,500 (+16.0%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $919 (+36.1%)	$687 → $996 (+45.0%)

Centertown

Population

507347

Median household income

$42,917$46,875

Median home value

$75,300$91,800

Median gross rent

$675$919

Pleasant Ridge

Population

634729

Median household income

$38,750$41,615

Median home value

$90,100$104,500

Median gross rent

$687$996

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centertown	Pleasant Ridge
Under 5	9.8%	5.3%
5 to 17	17.6%	10.8%
18 to 24	3.7%	3.3%
25 to 34	13.0%	8.2%
35 to 44	16.7%	16.0%
45 to 54	7.8%	14.1%
55 to 64	10.4%	11.4%
65 to 74	11.8%	27.0%
75 and over	9.2%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centertown	Pleasant Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	91.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.5%
Two or more races	6.9%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centertown	Pleasant Ridge
No high school diploma	16.7%	16.9%
High school graduate	51.5%	46.3%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centertown	Pleasant Ridge
Drove alone	88.0%	69.3%
Carpooled	6.0%	19.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	11.1%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centertown	Pleasant Ridge
1-unit, detached	76.5%	84.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.8%	15.9%

Poverty & households

	Centertown	Pleasant Ridge
Poverty rate	31.2%	21.0%
Average household size	2.71	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	34	40
Median year structure built	1973	1975