Breckinridge County vs Spencer County

A side-by-side comparison of Breckinridge County and Spencer County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Breckinridge County has the higher population (20,722 vs 19,875 in Spencer County). Spencer County has the higher median household income ($98,333 vs $53,673 in Breckinridge County). Spencer County has the higher median home value ($297,600 vs $141,400 in Breckinridge County).

Population, income & housing

	Breckinridge County	Spencer County
Population	20,722	19,875
Median age	42.2 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$53,673	$98,333
Median home value	$141,400	$297,600
Median gross rent	$730	$954
Housing units	10,760	7,599
Homeownership rate	82.0%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Breckinridge County	Spencer County
Population	20,176 → 20,722 (+2.7%)	18,680 → 19,875 (+6.4%)
Median household income	$47,190 → $53,673 (+13.7%)	$80,166 → $98,333 (+22.7%)
Median home value	$102,900 → $141,400 (+37.4%)	$213,300 → $297,600 (+39.5%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $730 (+21.7%)	$649 → $954 (+47.0%)

Breckinridge County

Population

20,17620,722

Median household income

$47,190$53,673

Median home value

$102,900$141,400

Median gross rent

$600$730

Spencer County

Population

18,68019,875

Median household income

$80,166$98,333

Median home value

$213,300$297,600

Median gross rent

$649$954

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Breckinridge County	Spencer County
Under 5	5.8%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.7%	17.4%
18 to 24	8.6%	7.2%
25 to 34	10.4%	10.1%
35 to 44	11.3%	14.2%
45 to 54	12.3%	14.8%
55 to 64	15.0%	16.1%
65 to 74	12.4%	10.0%
75 and over	7.5%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Breckinridge County	Spencer County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	93.2%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Breckinridge County	Spencer County
No high school diploma	13.6%	6.7%
High school graduate	42.6%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Breckinridge County	Spencer County
Drove alone	81.8%	83.4%
Carpooled	8.5%	4.1%
Public transit	1.5%	0.1%
Walked	2.2%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	3.8%	10.5%
Other means	2.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Breckinridge County	Spencer County
1-unit, detached	67.8%	89.6%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.1%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	28.1%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Breckinridge County	Spencer County
Poverty rate	21.3%	7.4%
Average household size	2.67	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	34	32
Median year structure built	1989	1998