Burnside vs Science Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Burnside and Science Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Burnside has the higher population (819 vs 790 in Science Hill). Burnside has the higher median household income ($56,563 vs $53,542 in Science Hill). Burnside has the higher median home value ($173,200 vs $129,300 in Science Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Burnside	Science Hill
Population	819	790
Median age	42.4 yrs	32.4 yrs
Median household income	$56,563	$53,542
Median home value	$173,200	$129,300
Median gross rent	$905	$843
Housing units	424	279
Homeownership rate	86.1%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burnside	Science Hill
Population	843 → 819 (-2.8%)	665 → 790 (+18.8%)
Median household income	$38,587 → $56,563 (+46.6%)	$32,500 → $53,542 (+64.7%)
Median home value	$121,700 → $173,200 (+42.3%)	$102,900 → $129,300 (+25.7%)
Median gross rent	$679 → $905 (+33.3%)	$614 → $843 (+37.3%)

Burnside

Population

843819

Median household income

$38,587$56,563

Median home value

$121,700$173,200

Median gross rent

$679$905

Science Hill

Population

665790

Median household income

$32,500$53,542

Median home value

$102,900$129,300

Median gross rent

$614$843

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burnside	Science Hill
Under 5	3.7%	10.6%
5 to 17	12.2%	20.9%
18 to 24	5.0%	9.5%
25 to 34	8.9%	11.9%
35 to 44	21.1%	14.6%
45 to 54	9.8%	8.2%
55 to 64	12.2%	7.5%
65 to 74	16.5%	13.0%
75 and over	10.6%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burnside	Science Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	95.7%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.1%
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%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.1%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burnside	Science Hill
No high school diploma	25.3%	11.8%
High school graduate	40.7%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	18.8%	46.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burnside	Science Hill
Drove alone	91.1%	82.4%
Carpooled	3.7%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burnside	Science Hill
1-unit, detached	83.3%	92.1%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Burnside	Science Hill
Poverty rate	21.2%	24.3%
Average household size	2.54	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	16	22
Median year structure built	1972	1970