Guthrie vs Trenton

A side-by-side comparison of Guthrie and Trenton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Guthrie has the higher population (1,377 vs 342 in Trenton). Trenton has the higher median household income ($93,750 vs $34,803 in Guthrie). Trenton has the higher median home value ($169,100 vs $122,200 in Guthrie).

Population, income & housing

	Guthrie	Trenton
Population	1,377	342
Median age	36.2 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$34,803	$93,750
Median home value	$122,200	$169,100
Median gross rent	$827	$800
Housing units	644	150
Homeownership rate	53.4%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.4%	25.9%
Unemployment rate	15.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Guthrie	Trenton
Population	1,291 → 1,377 (+6.7%)	420 → 342 (-18.6%)
Median household income	$25,250 → $34,803 (+37.8%)	$58,500 → $93,750 (+60.3%)
Median home value	$77,100 → $122,200 (+58.5%)	$125,600 → $169,100 (+34.6%)
Median gross rent	$537 → $827 (+54.0%)	$775 → $800 (+3.2%)

Guthrie

Population

1,2911,377

Median household income

$25,250$34,803

Median home value

$77,100$122,200

Median gross rent

$537$827

Trenton

Population

420342

Median household income

$58,500$93,750

Median home value

$125,600$169,100

Median gross rent

$775$800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Guthrie	Trenton
Under 5	5.1%	6.7%
5 to 17	22.3%	12.3%
18 to 24	9.4%	9.9%
25 to 34	11.3%	18.7%
35 to 44	12.8%	11.7%
45 to 54	13.7%	16.1%
55 to 64	10.2%	8.8%
65 to 74	9.4%	5.0%
75 and over	5.7%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Guthrie	Trenton
White (non-Hispanic)	51.1%	93.9%
Black or African American	28.3%	5.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	3.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	15.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Guthrie	Trenton
No high school diploma	23.1%	10.7%
High school graduate	41.7%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Guthrie	Trenton
Drove alone	71.9%	87.6%
Carpooled	11.2%	5.6%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	7.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	6.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Guthrie	Trenton
1-unit, detached	71.6%	94.7%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Guthrie	Trenton
Poverty rate	35.6%	6.1%
Average household size	2.40	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1974	1977