Casey County vs Larue County

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

Casey County and Larue 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 15,028 in Larue County). Larue County has the higher median household income ($67,770 vs $41,689 in Casey County). Larue County has the higher median home value ($177,500 vs $135,700 in Casey County).

Population, income & housing

	Casey County	Larue County
Population	15,951	15,028
Median age	41.5 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$41,689	$67,770
Median home value	$135,700	$177,500
Median gross rent	$645	$816
Housing units	7,401	6,542
Homeownership rate	78.6%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Casey County	Larue County
Population	15,885 → 15,951 (+0.4%)	14,204 → 15,028 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$34,819 → $41,689 (+19.7%)	$47,643 → $67,770 (+42.2%)
Median home value	$87,600 → $135,700 (+54.9%)	$115,600 → $177,500 (+53.5%)
Median gross rent	$507 → $645 (+27.2%)	$703 → $816 (+16.1%)

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

Larue County

Population

14,20415,028

Median household income

$47,643$67,770

Median home value

$115,600$177,500

Median gross rent

$703$816

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Casey County	Larue County
Under 5	6.6%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.9%	17.3%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.5%
25 to 34	11.4%	12.2%
35 to 44	11.9%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.0%	11.9%
55 to 64	13.6%	15.5%
65 to 74	12.1%	11.2%
75 and over	8.1%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Casey County	Larue County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	90.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Casey County	Larue County
No high school diploma	22.1%	14.0%
High school graduate	45.7%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	20.3%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Casey County	Larue County
Drove alone	76.2%	85.0%
Carpooled	12.1%	7.1%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	7.6%
Other means	0.4%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Casey County	Larue County
1-unit, detached	72.6%	83.4%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.5%	12.1%

Poverty & households

	Casey County	Larue County
Poverty rate	24.4%	18.9%
Average household size	2.49	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	29	29
Median year structure built	1985	1981