Carter County vs Taylor County

A side-by-side comparison of Carter County and Taylor County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Carter County has the higher population (26,515 vs 26,205 in Taylor County). Taylor County has the higher median household income ($61,871 vs $50,389 in Carter County). Taylor County has the higher median home value ($163,700 vs $126,100 in Carter County).

Population, income & housing

	Carter County	Taylor County
Population	26,515	26,205
Median age	41.8 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$50,389	$61,871
Median home value	$126,100	$163,700
Median gross rent	$701	$691
Housing units	12,283	11,206
Homeownership rate	78.4%	67.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carter County	Taylor County
Population	27,159 → 26,515 (-2.4%)	25,571 → 26,205 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$34,736 → $50,389 (+45.1%)	$44,522 → $61,871 (+39.0%)
Median home value	$95,000 → $126,100 (+32.7%)	$120,200 → $163,700 (+36.2%)
Median gross rent	$579 → $701 (+21.1%)	$643 → $691 (+7.5%)

Carter County

Population

27,15926,515

Median household income

$34,736$50,389

Median home value

$95,000$126,100

Median gross rent

$579$701

Taylor County

Population

25,57126,205

Median household income

$44,522$61,871

Median home value

$120,200$163,700

Median gross rent

$643$691

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carter County	Taylor County
Under 5	5.8%	5.9%
5 to 17	16.6%	16.9%
18 to 24	8.7%	11.4%
25 to 34	11.3%	12.6%
35 to 44	11.2%	11.3%
45 to 54	13.0%	10.8%
55 to 64	13.5%	13.3%
65 to 74	11.9%	10.5%
75 and over	8.0%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carter County	Taylor County
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	88.9%
Black or African American	0.3%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carter County	Taylor County
No high school diploma	17.2%	11.3%
High school graduate	39.4%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carter County	Taylor County
Drove alone	81.0%	75.6%
Carpooled	12.1%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	3.8%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	10.9%
Other means	0.7%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carter County	Taylor County
1-unit, detached	67.6%	77.8%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	2.9%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	26.3%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Carter County	Taylor County
Poverty rate	19.6%	16.6%
Average household size	2.50	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	29	23
Median year structure built	1983	1977