Breckinridge Center vs Waverly

A side-by-side comparison of Breckinridge Center and Waverly: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Breckinridge Center has the higher population (1,592 vs 361 in Waverly). Breckinridge Center has the higher median household income ($62,269 vs $61,250 in Waverly). Since 2019, Waverly's population has grown faster (+3.4% vs -24.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Breckinridge Center	Waverly
Population	1,592	361
Median age	22.7 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$62,269	$61,250
Median home value	—	$100,000
Median gross rent	$1,038	$773
Housing units	337	173
Homeownership rate	55.8%	85.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.6%	8.4%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Breckinridge Center	Waverly
Population	2,109 → 1,592 (-24.5%)	349 → 361 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$43,750 → $62,269 (+42.3%)	$50,833 → $61,250 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$65,200 → $97,700 (+49.8%)	$85,000 → $100,000 (+17.6%)
Median gross rent	$714 → $1,038 (+45.4%)	$850 → $773 (-9.1%)

Breckinridge Center

Population

2,1091,592

Median household income

$43,750$62,269

Median home value

$65,200$97,700

Median gross rent

$714$1,038

Waverly

Population

349361

Median household income

$50,833$61,250

Median home value

$85,000$100,000

Median gross rent

$850$773

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Breckinridge Center	Waverly
Under 5	1.3%	6.1%
5 to 17	17.2%	11.4%
18 to 24	38.9%	3.0%
25 to 34	9.2%	6.4%
35 to 44	11.2%	22.2%
45 to 54	11.1%	16.1%
55 to 64	9.7%	5.5%
65 to 74	0.6%	21.1%
75 and over	0.6%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Breckinridge Center	Waverly
White (non-Hispanic)	61.5%	99.2%
Black or African American	25.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.3%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Breckinridge Center	Waverly
No high school diploma	14.3%	7.3%
High school graduate	52.1%	58.5%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Breckinridge Center	Waverly
Drove alone	62.1%	93.6%
Carpooled	17.2%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	2.5%
Other means	13.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Breckinridge Center	Waverly
1-unit, detached	40.9%	76.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	59.1%	15.6%

Poverty & households

	Breckinridge Center	Waverly
Poverty rate	52.5%	17.7%
Average household size	2.58	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1988	1972