Calloway County vs Greenup County

A side-by-side comparison of Calloway County and Greenup County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Calloway County has the higher population (37,882 vs 35,639 in Greenup County). Greenup County has the higher median household income ($59,613 vs $51,854 in Calloway County). Calloway County has the higher median home value ($181,200 vs $135,300 in Greenup County).

Population, income & housing

	Calloway County	Greenup County
Population	37,882	35,639
Median age	35.4 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$51,854	$59,613
Median home value	$181,200	$135,300
Median gross rent	$828	$836
Housing units	18,034	16,247
Homeownership rate	63.7%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calloway County	Greenup County
Population	38,837 → 37,882 (-2.5%)	35,555 → 35,639 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$42,273 → $51,854 (+22.7%)	$51,655 → $59,613 (+15.4%)
Median home value	$137,300 → $181,200 (+32.0%)	$116,700 → $135,300 (+15.9%)
Median gross rent	$705 → $828 (+17.4%)	$704 → $836 (+18.8%)

Calloway County

Population

38,83737,882

Median household income

$42,273$51,854

Median home value

$137,300$181,200

Median gross rent

$705$828

Greenup County

Population

35,55535,639

Median household income

$51,655$59,613

Median home value

$116,700$135,300

Median gross rent

$704$836

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calloway County	Greenup County
Under 5	4.4%	4.9%
5 to 17	13.8%	16.6%
18 to 24	20.1%	7.0%
25 to 34	11.3%	11.0%
35 to 44	11.2%	11.8%
45 to 54	10.3%	13.1%
55 to 64	12.1%	14.0%
65 to 74	9.9%	12.6%
75 and over	6.9%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calloway County	Greenup County
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	95.2%
Black or African American	3.6%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.6%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calloway County	Greenup County
No high school diploma	8.6%	9.7%
High school graduate	31.4%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calloway County	Greenup County
Drove alone	77.7%	83.6%
Carpooled	8.5%	8.9%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	7.4%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	4.8%
Other means	0.9%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calloway County	Greenup County
1-unit, detached	64.0%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	2.6%
20 or more units	1.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	14.1%	12.7%

Poverty & households

	Calloway County	Greenup County
Poverty rate	17.2%	15.1%
Average household size	2.31	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	17	24
Median year structure built	1985	1975