Dixon vs Wheatcroft

A side-by-side comparison of Dixon and Wheatcroft: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dixon has the higher population (1,034 vs 125 in Wheatcroft). Wheatcroft has the higher median household income ($43,750 vs $39,464 in Dixon). Dixon has the higher median home value ($86,700 vs $71,300 in Wheatcroft).

Population, income & housing

	Dixon	Wheatcroft
Population	1,034	125
Median age	37.4 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$39,464	$43,750
Median home value	$86,700	$71,300
Median gross rent	$716	$783
Housing units	357	70
Homeownership rate	70.0%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.4%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	17.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dixon	Wheatcroft
Population	1,081 → 1,034 (-4.3%)	156 → 125 (-19.9%)
Median household income	$40,938 → $39,464 (-3.6%)	$40,000 → $43,750 (+9.4%)
Median home value	$87,900 → $86,700 (-1.4%)	$44,000 → $71,300 (+62.0%)
Median gross rent	$642 → $716 (+11.5%)	$738 → $783 (+6.1%)

Dixon

Population

1,0811,034

Median household income

$40,938$39,464

Median home value

$87,900$86,700

Median gross rent

$642$716

Wheatcroft

Population

156125

Median household income

$40,000$43,750

Median home value

$44,000$71,300

Median gross rent

$738$783

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dixon	Wheatcroft
Under 5	0.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.7%	12.0%
18 to 24	7.7%	12.0%
25 to 34	17.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	20.0%	31.2%
45 to 54	9.7%	13.6%
55 to 64	13.8%	18.4%
65 to 74	7.3%	9.6%
75 and over	3.9%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dixon	Wheatcroft
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	3.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dixon	Wheatcroft
No high school diploma	18.9%	2.1%
High school graduate	40.8%	57.9%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	14.7%
Bachelor's degree	2.9%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dixon	Wheatcroft
Drove alone	86.1%	85.2%
Carpooled	5.1%	14.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dixon	Wheatcroft
1-unit, detached	83.8%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dixon	Wheatcroft
Poverty rate	23.8%	10.4%
Average household size	2.65	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1966	1982