Combs vs Hazard

A side-by-side comparison of Combs and Hazard: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hazard has the higher population (5,105 vs 37 in Combs). Since 2019, Hazard's population has grown faster (+1.2% vs -77.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Combs	Hazard
Population	37	5,105
Median age	52.6 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$68,582
Median home value	—	$146,100
Median gross rent	—	$718
Housing units	82	2,211
Homeownership rate	100.0%	54.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Combs	Hazard
Population	164 → 37 (-77.4%)	5,046 → 5,105 (+1.2%)
Median household income	—	$50,078 → $68,582 (+37.0%)
Median home value	—	$122,300 → $146,100 (+19.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$655 → $718 (+9.6%)

Combs

Population

16437

Hazard

Population

5,0465,105

Median household income

$50,078$68,582

Median home value

$122,300$146,100

Median gross rent

$655$718

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Combs	Hazard
Under 5	0.0%	4.2%
5 to 17	0.0%	15.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	13.6%
35 to 44	0.0%	14.8%
45 to 54	62.2%	16.2%
55 to 64	37.8%	12.9%
65 to 74	0.0%	10.9%
75 and over	0.0%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Combs	Hazard
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	89.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Combs	Hazard
No high school diploma	64.9%	18.0%
High school graduate	35.1%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	17.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Combs	Hazard
Drove alone	100.0%	76.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Combs	Hazard
1-unit, detached	100.0%	69.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Combs	Hazard
Poverty rate	0.0%	32.6%
Average household size	3.70	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	—	15
Median year structure built	—	1970