Casey County vs Fleming County

A side-by-side comparison of Casey County and Fleming County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Casey County has the higher population (15,951 vs 15,221 in Fleming County). Fleming County has the higher median household income ($49,663 vs $41,689 in Casey County). Casey County has the higher median home value ($135,700 vs $115,200 in Fleming County).

Population, income & housing

	Casey County	Fleming County
Population	15,951	15,221
Median age	41.5 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$41,689	$49,663
Median home value	$135,700	$115,200
Median gross rent	$645	$677
Housing units	7,401	6,776
Homeownership rate	78.6%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Casey County	Fleming County
Population	15,885 → 15,951 (+0.4%)	14,513 → 15,221 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$34,819 → $41,689 (+19.7%)	$44,612 → $49,663 (+11.3%)
Median home value	$87,600 → $135,700 (+54.9%)	$89,900 → $115,200 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$507 → $645 (+27.2%)	$584 → $677 (+15.9%)

Casey County

Population

15,88515,951

Median household income

$34,819$41,689

Median home value

$87,600$135,700

Median gross rent

$507$645

Fleming County

Population

14,51315,221

Median household income

$44,612$49,663

Median home value

$89,900$115,200

Median gross rent

$584$677

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Casey County	Fleming County
Under 5	6.6%	6.8%
5 to 17	16.9%	17.3%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.8%
25 to 34	11.4%	11.8%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.1%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.9%
55 to 64	13.6%	13.8%
65 to 74	12.1%	11.1%
75 and over	8.1%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Casey County	Fleming County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	94.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Casey County	Fleming County
No high school diploma	22.1%	16.6%
High school graduate	45.7%	41.1%
Some college or associate's	20.3%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Casey County	Fleming County
Drove alone	76.2%	82.7%
Carpooled	12.1%	10.4%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.8%	5.2%
Other means	0.4%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Casey County	Fleming County
1-unit, detached	72.6%	61.8%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.5%	33.1%

Poverty & households

	Casey County	Fleming County
Poverty rate	24.4%	22.9%
Average household size	2.49	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	29	32
Median year structure built	1985	1985