Boone County vs Fayette County

A side-by-side comparison of Boone County and Fayette County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fayette County has the higher population (321,122 vs 137,676 in Boone County). Boone County has the higher median household income ($94,752 vs $67,631 in Fayette County). Fayette County has the higher median home value ($272,100 vs $253,200 in Boone County).

Population, income & housing

	Boone County	Fayette County
Population	137,676	321,122
Median age	37.7 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$94,752	$67,631
Median home value	$253,200	$272,100
Median gross rent	$1,253	$1,101
Housing units	52,476	147,720
Homeownership rate	76.7%	53.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.4%	47.3%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boone County	Fayette County
Population	130,820 → 137,676 (+5.2%)	320,601 → 321,122 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$78,327 → $94,752 (+21.0%)	$57,291 → $67,631 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$189,800 → $253,200 (+33.4%)	$189,800 → $272,100 (+43.4%)
Median gross rent	$986 → $1,253 (+27.1%)	$896 → $1,101 (+22.9%)

Boone County

Population

130,820137,676

Median household income

$78,327$94,752

Median home value

$189,800$253,200

Median gross rent

$986$1,253

Fayette County

Population

320,601321,122

Median household income

$57,291$67,631

Median home value

$189,800$272,100

Median gross rent

$896$1,101

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boone County	Fayette County
Under 5	6.4%	5.7%
5 to 17	19.4%	15.3%
18 to 24	8.2%	13.7%
25 to 34	12.0%	15.0%
35 to 44	13.8%	13.1%
45 to 54	13.3%	11.6%
55 to 64	12.4%	11.2%
65 to 74	9.1%	8.8%
75 and over	5.4%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boone County	Fayette County
White (non-Hispanic)	83.6%	67.8%
Black or African American	3.8%	14.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.6%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boone County	Fayette County
No high school diploma	6.4%	7.6%
High school graduate	28.2%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	26.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	20.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boone County	Fayette County
Drove alone	77.7%	74.8%
Carpooled	8.2%	8.4%
Public transit	0.4%	1.3%
Walked	0.3%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	11.6%	10.9%
Other means	1.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boone County	Fayette County
1-unit, detached	69.2%	58.4%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	14.9%	16.2%
20 or more units	3.3%	10.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Boone County	Fayette County
Poverty rate	6.6%	15.7%
Average household size	2.71	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1995	1983