Slaughters vs Wheatcroft

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

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

Slaughters has the higher population (171 vs 125 in Wheatcroft). Slaughters has the higher median household income ($47,500 vs $43,750 in Wheatcroft). Wheatcroft has the higher median home value ($71,300 vs $57,500 in Slaughters).

Population, income & housing

	Slaughters	Wheatcroft
Population	171	125
Median age	44.5 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$47,500	$43,750
Median home value	$57,500	$71,300
Median gross rent	$1,068	$783
Housing units	99	70
Homeownership rate	73.8%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.5%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Slaughters	Wheatcroft
Population	282 → 171 (-39.4%)	156 → 125 (-19.9%)
Median household income	$45,000 → $47,500 (+5.6%)	$40,000 → $43,750 (+9.4%)
Median home value	$70,600 → $57,500 (-18.6%)	$44,000 → $71,300 (+62.0%)
Median gross rent	$610 → $1,068 (+75.1%)	$738 → $783 (+6.1%)

Slaughters

Population

282171

Median household income

$45,000$47,500

Median home value

$70,600$57,500

Median gross rent

$610$1,068

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)

	Slaughters	Wheatcroft
Under 5	4.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	20.5%	12.0%
18 to 24	3.5%	12.0%
25 to 34	10.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	12.3%	31.2%
45 to 54	13.5%	13.6%
55 to 64	14.0%	18.4%
65 to 74	16.4%	9.6%
75 and over	5.3%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Slaughters	Wheatcroft
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Slaughters	Wheatcroft
No high school diploma	13.8%	2.1%
High school graduate	56.9%	57.9%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	14.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Slaughters	Wheatcroft
Drove alone	83.1%	85.2%
Carpooled	6.2%	14.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Slaughters	Wheatcroft
1-unit, detached	68.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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	31.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Slaughters	Wheatcroft
Poverty rate	18.7%	10.4%
Average household size	2.14	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1969	1982