Bracken County vs Livingston County

A side-by-side comparison of Bracken County and Livingston County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Livingston County has the higher population (8,941 vs 8,427 in Bracken County). Livingston County has the higher median household income ($59,713 vs $59,521 in Bracken County). Bracken County has the higher median home value ($116,400 vs $116,300 in Livingston County).

Population, income & housing

	Bracken County	Livingston County
Population	8,427	8,941
Median age	42.0 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$59,521	$59,713
Median home value	$116,400	$116,300
Median gross rent	$748	$912
Housing units	3,847	4,617
Homeownership rate	77.6%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	13.9%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bracken County	Livingston County
Population	8,305 → 8,427 (+1.5%)	9,235 → 8,941 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$49,158 → $59,521 (+21.1%)	$50,839 → $59,713 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$103,100 → $116,400 (+12.9%)	$102,400 → $116,300 (+13.6%)
Median gross rent	$617 → $748 (+21.2%)	$676 → $912 (+34.9%)

Bracken County

Population

8,3058,427

Median household income

$49,158$59,521

Median home value

$103,100$116,400

Median gross rent

$617$748

Livingston County

Population

9,2358,941

Median household income

$50,839$59,713

Median home value

$102,400$116,300

Median gross rent

$676$912

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bracken County	Livingston County
Under 5	5.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	17.8%	16.2%
18 to 24	7.2%	6.4%
25 to 34	11.2%	11.2%
35 to 44	12.6%	9.8%
45 to 54	12.8%	13.5%
55 to 64	15.0%	15.7%
65 to 74	11.3%	13.1%
75 and over	6.3%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bracken County	Livingston County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	94.4%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	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	2.2%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bracken County	Livingston County
No high school diploma	11.8%	10.5%
High school graduate	42.5%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bracken County	Livingston County
Drove alone	80.0%	76.0%
Carpooled	14.6%	13.4%
Public transit	0.1%	1.6%
Walked	1.9%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	4.4%
Other means	0.1%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bracken County	Livingston County
1-unit, detached	62.2%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	0.6%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	29.1%	25.3%

Poverty & households

	Bracken County	Livingston County
Poverty rate	20.1%	18.9%
Average household size	2.57	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	36	30
Median year structure built	1982	1977