Boyle County vs Meade County

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

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

Boyle County has the higher population (30,708 vs 30,032 in Meade County). Meade County has the higher median household income ($70,163 vs $61,635 in Boyle County). Boyle County has the higher median home value ($200,700 vs $195,000 in Meade County).

Population, income & housing

	Boyle County	Meade County
Population	30,708	30,032
Median age	39.5 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$61,635	$70,163
Median home value	$200,700	$195,000
Median gross rent	$770	$976
Housing units	12,969	12,111
Homeownership rate	69.5%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.4%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boyle County	Meade County
Population	29,972 → 30,708 (+2.5%)	28,182 → 30,032 (+6.6%)
Median household income	$46,382 → $61,635 (+32.9%)	$56,603 → $70,163 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$146,400 → $200,700 (+37.1%)	$153,500 → $195,000 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$727 → $770 (+5.9%)	$856 → $976 (+14.0%)

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

Meade County

Population

28,18230,032

Median household income

$56,603$70,163

Median home value

$153,500$195,000

Median gross rent

$856$976

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boyle County	Meade County
Under 5	5.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.6%	17.0%
18 to 24	11.8%	8.0%
25 to 34	11.7%	13.1%
35 to 44	12.0%	14.6%
45 to 54	12.4%	12.9%
55 to 64	12.7%	14.2%
65 to 74	11.0%	9.7%
75 and over	7.6%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boyle County	Meade County
White (non-Hispanic)	83.0%	88.4%
Black or African American	7.4%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.8%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.6%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boyle County	Meade County
No high school diploma	8.6%	9.4%
High school graduate	35.7%	41.1%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boyle County	Meade County
Drove alone	79.2%	81.5%
Carpooled	7.9%	7.4%
Public transit	0.2%	0.2%
Walked	3.7%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	8.6%
Other means	0.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boyle County	Meade County
1-unit, detached	75.7%	67.0%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	2.3%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	20.6%

Poverty & households

	Boyle County	Meade County
Poverty rate	14.2%	13.7%
Average household size	2.35	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	21	34
Median year structure built	1977	1990