Plano vs Smiths Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Plano and Smiths Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Plano has the higher population (1,293 vs 684 in Smiths Grove). Plano has the higher median household income ($96,818 vs $51,583 in Smiths Grove). Plano has the higher median home value ($226,100 vs $159,600 in Smiths Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Plano	Smiths Grove
Population	1,293	684
Median age	35.7 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$96,818	$51,583
Median home value	$226,100	$159,600
Median gross rent	—	$1,156
Housing units	438	308
Homeownership rate	100.0%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.4%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plano	Smiths Grove
Population	1,348 → 1,293 (-4.1%)	763 → 684 (-10.4%)
Median household income	$85,094 → $96,818 (+13.8%)	$48,056 → $51,583 (+7.3%)
Median home value	$147,900 → $226,100 (+52.9%)	$108,400 → $159,600 (+47.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$922 → $1,156 (+25.4%)

Plano

Population

1,3481,293

Median household income

$85,094$96,818

Median home value

$147,900$226,100

Smiths Grove

Population

763684

Median household income

$48,056$51,583

Median home value

$108,400$159,600

Median gross rent

$922$1,156

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plano	Smiths Grove
Under 5	8.4%	3.5%
5 to 17	20.0%	17.0%
18 to 24	6.0%	4.8%
25 to 34	10.8%	6.4%
35 to 44	17.5%	14.6%
45 to 54	16.7%	11.3%
55 to 64	11.3%	19.2%
65 to 74	9.4%	14.2%
75 and over	0.0%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plano	Smiths Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	79.4%
Black or African American	2.7%	14.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.3%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plano	Smiths Grove
No high school diploma	2.0%	17.4%
High school graduate	34.4%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plano	Smiths Grove
Drove alone	92.1%	87.6%
Carpooled	2.3%	1.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	7.0%
Other means	3.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plano	Smiths Grove
1-unit, detached	100.0%	96.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Plano	Smiths Grove
Poverty rate	5.6%	15.1%
Average household size	2.95	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1990	1970