Boyle County vs Marshall County

A side-by-side comparison of Boyle County and Marshall County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Marshall County has the higher population (31,728 vs 30,708 in Boyle County). Marshall County has the higher median household income ($63,611 vs $61,635 in Boyle County). Boyle County has the higher median home value ($200,700 vs $173,700 in Marshall County).

Population, income & housing

	Boyle County	Marshall County
Population	30,708	31,728
Median age	39.5 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$61,635	$63,611
Median home value	$200,700	$173,700
Median gross rent	$770	$773
Housing units	12,969	16,461
Homeownership rate	69.5%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.4%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boyle County	Marshall County
Population	29,972 → 30,708 (+2.5%)	31,192 → 31,728 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$46,382 → $61,635 (+32.9%)	$55,113 → $63,611 (+15.4%)
Median home value	$146,400 → $200,700 (+37.1%)	$131,100 → $173,700 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$727 → $770 (+5.9%)	$690 → $773 (+12.0%)

Boyle County

Population

29,97230,708

Median household income

$46,382$61,635

Median home value

$146,400$200,700

Median gross rent

$727$770

Marshall County

Population

31,19231,728

Median household income

$55,113$63,611

Median home value

$131,100$173,700

Median gross rent

$690$773

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boyle County	Marshall County
Under 5	5.1%	4.9%
5 to 17	15.6%	15.5%
18 to 24	11.8%	6.9%
25 to 34	11.7%	11.1%
35 to 44	12.0%	11.6%
45 to 54	12.4%	12.7%
55 to 64	12.7%	15.1%
65 to 74	11.0%	13.0%
75 and over	7.6%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boyle County	Marshall County
White (non-Hispanic)	83.0%	95.6%
Black or African American	7.4%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.8%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boyle County	Marshall County
No high school diploma	8.6%	7.7%
High school graduate	35.7%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boyle County	Marshall County
Drove alone	79.2%	78.8%
Carpooled	7.9%	11.3%
Public transit	0.2%	0.1%
Walked	3.7%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	6.5%
Other means	0.4%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boyle County	Marshall County
1-unit, detached	75.7%	76.4%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	2.2%
20 or more units	1.0%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	15.3%

Poverty & households

	Boyle County	Marshall County
Poverty rate	14.2%	13.4%
Average household size	2.35	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1977	1984