Carlisle County vs Cumberland County

A side-by-side comparison of Carlisle County and Cumberland County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cumberland County has the higher population (5,948 vs 4,763 in Carlisle County). Carlisle County has the higher median household income ($62,019 vs $39,662 in Cumberland County). Cumberland County has the higher median home value ($128,600 vs $104,700 in Carlisle County).

Population, income & housing

	Carlisle County	Cumberland County
Population	4,763	5,948
Median age	43.6 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$62,019	$39,662
Median home value	$104,700	$128,600
Median gross rent	$792	$553
Housing units	2,315	3,399
Homeownership rate	81.4%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carlisle County	Cumberland County
Population	4,784 → 4,763 (-0.4%)	6,697 → 5,948 (-11.2%)
Median household income	$45,109 → $62,019 (+37.5%)	$35,344 → $39,662 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$89,300 → $104,700 (+17.2%)	$89,400 → $128,600 (+43.8%)
Median gross rent	$637 → $792 (+24.3%)	$465 → $553 (+18.9%)

Carlisle County

Population

4,7844,763

Median household income

$45,109$62,019

Median home value

$89,300$104,700

Median gross rent

$637$792

Cumberland County

Population

6,6975,948

Median household income

$35,344$39,662

Median home value

$89,400$128,600

Median gross rent

$465$553

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carlisle County	Cumberland County
Under 5	6.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	17.6%	15.8%
18 to 24	6.9%	5.2%
25 to 34	11.3%	15.1%
35 to 44	11.4%	7.6%
45 to 54	13.8%	11.3%
55 to 64	13.2%	16.6%
65 to 74	11.0%	12.9%
75 and over	8.9%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carlisle County	Cumberland County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	92.8%
Black or African American	1.4%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.7%
Asian	0.3%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carlisle County	Cumberland County
No high school diploma	9.1%	18.0%
High school graduate	44.7%	40.1%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carlisle County	Cumberland County
Drove alone	86.3%	79.9%
Carpooled	6.8%	13.0%
Public transit	0.8%	0.5%
Walked	0.1%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	2.5%
Other means	0.5%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carlisle County	Cumberland County
1-unit, detached	75.8%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	18.3%	23.3%

Poverty & households

	Carlisle County	Cumberland County
Poverty rate	16.7%	33.9%
Average household size	2.51	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1977	1985