Fordsville vs Rosine

A side-by-side comparison of Fordsville and Rosine: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fordsville has the higher population (488 vs 95 in Rosine). Rosine has the higher median household income ($62,708 vs $33,750 in Fordsville). Rosine has the higher median home value ($86,800 vs $50,000 in Fordsville).

Population, income & housing

	Fordsville	Rosine
Population	488	95
Median age	35.5 yrs	60.7 yrs
Median household income	$33,750	$62,708
Median home value	$50,000	$86,800
Median gross rent	$438	—
Housing units	196	35
Homeownership rate	65.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.0%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fordsville	Rosine
Population	552 → 488 (-11.6%)	176 → 95 (-46.0%)
Median household income	$33,625 → $33,750 (+0.4%)	$56,786 → $62,708 (+10.4%)
Median home value	$57,900 → $50,000 (-13.6%)	$40,300 → $86,800 (+115.4%)
Median gross rent	$528 → $438 (-17.0%)	—

Fordsville

Population

552488

Median household income

$33,625$33,750

Median home value

$57,900$50,000

Median gross rent

$528$438

Rosine

Population

17695

Median household income

$56,786$62,708

Median home value

$40,300$86,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fordsville	Rosine
Under 5	2.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	6.4%	0.0%
18 to 24	32.2%	14.7%
25 to 34	8.8%	0.0%
35 to 44	7.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	8.8%	15.8%
55 to 64	11.5%	51.6%
65 to 74	15.0%	0.0%
75 and over	7.8%	17.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fordsville	Rosine
White (non-Hispanic)	67.6%	100.0%
Black or African American	30.9%	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	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fordsville	Rosine
No high school diploma	20.2%	45.7%
High school graduate	43.9%	7.4%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fordsville	Rosine
Drove alone	89.3%	71.1%
Carpooled	8.3%	28.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	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)

	Fordsville	Rosine
1-unit, detached	66.8%	37.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	30.1%	62.9%

Poverty & households

	Fordsville	Rosine
Poverty rate	20.3%	0.0%
Average household size	3.16	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	29	19
Median year structure built	1977	2002