Carlisle County vs Menifee County

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

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

Menifee County has the higher population (6,203 vs 4,763 in Carlisle County). Carlisle County has the higher median household income ($62,019 vs $44,672 in Menifee County). Menifee County has the higher median home value ($111,500 vs $104,700 in Carlisle County).

Population, income & housing

	Carlisle County	Menifee County
Population	4,763	6,203
Median age	43.6 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$62,019	$44,672
Median home value	$104,700	$111,500
Median gross rent	$792	$634
Housing units	2,315	3,387
Homeownership rate	81.4%	72.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carlisle County	Menifee County
Population	4,784 → 4,763 (-0.4%)	6,443 → 6,203 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$45,109 → $62,019 (+37.5%)	$39,325 → $44,672 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$89,300 → $104,700 (+17.2%)	$76,800 → $111,500 (+45.2%)
Median gross rent	$637 → $792 (+24.3%)	$603 → $634 (+5.1%)

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

Menifee County

Population

6,4436,203

Median household income

$39,325$44,672

Median home value

$76,800$111,500

Median gross rent

$603$634

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carlisle County	Menifee County
Under 5	6.0%	5.9%
5 to 17	17.6%	15.1%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.9%
25 to 34	11.3%	11.4%
35 to 44	11.4%	10.6%
45 to 54	13.8%	12.5%
55 to 64	13.2%	15.7%
65 to 74	11.0%	12.9%
75 and over	8.9%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carlisle County	Menifee County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	95.8%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carlisle County	Menifee County
No high school diploma	9.1%	21.6%
High school graduate	44.7%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carlisle County	Menifee County
Drove alone	86.3%	82.4%
Carpooled	6.8%	7.0%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	10.2%
Other means	0.5%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carlisle County	Menifee County
1-unit, detached	75.8%	75.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	18.3%	20.8%

Poverty & households

	Carlisle County	Menifee County
Poverty rate	16.7%	28.2%
Average household size	2.51	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	26	39
Median year structure built	1977	1990