Adair County vs Harrison County

A side-by-side comparison of Adair County and Harrison County: population, income, housing, and more.

Adair County and Harrison County are counties in Kentucky. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Adair County has the higher population (19,016 vs 18,971 in Harrison County). Harrison County has the higher median household income ($63,205 vs $50,316 in Adair County). Harrison County has the higher median home value ($188,900 vs $134,800 in Adair County).

Population, income & housing

	Adair County	Harrison County
Population	19,016	18,971
Median age	40.1 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$50,316	$63,205
Median home value	$134,800	$188,900
Median gross rent	$775	$755
Housing units	8,632	8,136
Homeownership rate	76.2%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Adair County	Harrison County
Population	19,222 → 19,016 (-1.1%)	18,722 → 18,971 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$38,021 → $50,316 (+32.3%)	$48,438 → $63,205 (+30.5%)
Median home value	$96,400 → $134,800 (+39.8%)	$140,000 → $188,900 (+34.9%)
Median gross rent	$564 → $775 (+37.4%)	$617 → $755 (+22.4%)

Adair County

Population

19,22219,016

Median household income

$38,021$50,316

Median home value

$96,400$134,800

Median gross rent

$564$775

Harrison County

Population

18,72218,971

Median household income

$48,438$63,205

Median home value

$140,000$188,900

Median gross rent

$617$755

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Adair County	Harrison County
Under 5	4.7%	6.7%
5 to 17	15.2%	16.5%
18 to 24	12.8%	7.4%
25 to 34	11.2%	11.8%
35 to 44	10.8%	11.0%
45 to 54	11.8%	13.3%
55 to 64	13.9%	14.6%
65 to 74	12.3%	11.2%
75 and over	7.4%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Adair County	Harrison County
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	93.5%
Black or African American	1.8%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Adair County	Harrison County
No high school diploma	14.2%	10.9%
High school graduate	38.5%	45.8%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Adair County	Harrison County
Drove alone	75.2%	80.6%
Carpooled	10.3%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.4%	5.1%
Other means	1.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Adair County	Harrison County
1-unit, detached	73.7%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	17.8%	12.1%

Poverty & households

	Adair County	Harrison County
Poverty rate	18.0%	16.4%
Average household size	2.55	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1984	1979