Bracken County vs Trimble County

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

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

Trimble County has the higher population (8,531 vs 8,427 in Bracken County). Trimble County has the higher median household income ($67,813 vs $59,521 in Bracken County). Trimble County has the higher median home value ($172,700 vs $116,400 in Bracken County).

Population, income & housing

	Bracken County	Trimble County
Population	8,427	8,531
Median age	42.0 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$59,521	$67,813
Median home value	$116,400	$172,700
Median gross rent	$748	$935
Housing units	3,847	3,870
Homeownership rate	77.6%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bracken County	Trimble County
Population	8,305 → 8,427 (+1.5%)	8,558 → 8,531 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$49,158 → $59,521 (+21.1%)	$53,056 → $67,813 (+27.8%)
Median home value	$103,100 → $116,400 (+12.9%)	$124,000 → $172,700 (+39.3%)
Median gross rent	$617 → $748 (+21.2%)	$715 → $935 (+30.8%)

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

Trimble County

Population

8,5588,531

Median household income

$53,056$67,813

Median home value

$124,000$172,700

Median gross rent

$715$935

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bracken County	Trimble County
Under 5	5.8%	5.1%
5 to 17	17.8%	16.9%
18 to 24	7.2%	7.3%
25 to 34	11.2%	13.2%
35 to 44	12.6%	10.9%
45 to 54	12.8%	13.6%
55 to 64	15.0%	14.7%
65 to 74	11.3%	11.3%
75 and over	6.3%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bracken County	Trimble County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	92.6%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bracken County	Trimble County
No high school diploma	11.8%	14.4%
High school graduate	42.5%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bracken County	Trimble County
Drove alone	80.0%	75.0%
Carpooled	14.6%	15.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	5.0%
Other means	0.1%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bracken County	Trimble County
1-unit, detached	62.2%	68.1%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	1.9%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	29.1%	28.6%

Poverty & households

	Bracken County	Trimble County
Poverty rate	20.1%	13.2%
Average household size	2.57	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	36	29
Median year structure built	1982	1988