Bracken County vs Lyon County

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

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

Lyon County has the higher population (8,831 vs 8,427 in Bracken County). Lyon County has the higher median household income ($64,464 vs $59,521 in Bracken County). Lyon County has the higher median home value ($183,600 vs $116,400 in Bracken County).

Population, income & housing

	Bracken County	Lyon County
Population	8,427	8,831
Median age	42.0 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$59,521	$64,464
Median home value	$116,400	$183,600
Median gross rent	$748	$809
Housing units	3,847	4,806
Homeownership rate	77.6%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bracken County	Lyon County
Population	8,305 → 8,427 (+1.5%)	8,271 → 8,831 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$49,158 → $59,521 (+21.1%)	$52,528 → $64,464 (+22.7%)
Median home value	$103,100 → $116,400 (+12.9%)	$141,500 → $183,600 (+29.8%)
Median gross rent	$617 → $748 (+21.2%)	$603 → $809 (+34.2%)

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

Lyon County

Population

8,2718,831

Median household income

$52,528$64,464

Median home value

$141,500$183,600

Median gross rent

$603$809

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bracken County	Lyon County
Under 5	5.8%	3.2%
5 to 17	17.8%	10.6%
18 to 24	7.2%	6.4%
25 to 34	11.2%	13.6%
35 to 44	12.6%	12.4%
45 to 54	12.8%	12.8%
55 to 64	15.0%	15.7%
65 to 74	11.3%	16.1%
75 and over	6.3%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bracken County	Lyon County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	87.8%
Black or African American	1.2%	6.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bracken County	Lyon County
No high school diploma	11.8%	9.9%
High school graduate	42.5%	44.7%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bracken County	Lyon County
Drove alone	80.0%	87.8%
Carpooled	14.6%	4.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	4.9%
Other means	0.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bracken County	Lyon County
1-unit, detached	62.2%	72.8%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	3.7%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	29.1%	17.1%

Poverty & households

	Bracken County	Lyon County
Poverty rate	20.1%	10.6%
Average household size	2.57	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	36	27
Median year structure built	1982	1988