Clinton County vs Leslie County

A side-by-side comparison of Clinton County and Leslie County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Leslie County has the higher population (10,261 vs 9,240 in Clinton County). Clinton County has the higher median household income ($42,168 vs $40,176 in Leslie County). Clinton County has the higher median home value ($114,000 vs $74,100 in Leslie County).

Population, income & housing

	Clinton County	Leslie County
Population	9,240	10,261
Median age	42.5 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$42,168	$40,176
Median home value	$114,000	$74,100
Median gross rent	$629	$520
Housing units	4,864	4,913
Homeownership rate	72.5%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clinton County	Leslie County
Population	10,193 → 9,240 (-9.3%)	10,283 → 10,261 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$32,184 → $42,168 (+31.0%)	$31,627 → $40,176 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$72,800 → $114,000 (+56.6%)	$64,100 → $74,100 (+15.6%)
Median gross rent	$472 → $629 (+33.3%)	$517 → $520 (+0.6%)

Clinton County

Population

10,1939,240

Median household income

$32,184$42,168

Median home value

$72,800$114,000

Median gross rent

$472$629

Leslie County

Population

10,28310,261

Median household income

$31,627$40,176

Median home value

$64,100$74,100

Median gross rent

$517$520

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clinton County	Leslie County
Under 5	5.7%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.8%	16.3%
18 to 24	7.4%	7.5%
25 to 34	11.6%	10.0%
35 to 44	11.9%	15.4%
45 to 54	12.9%	11.8%
55 to 64	14.6%	15.0%
65 to 74	12.0%	11.7%
75 and over	8.2%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clinton County	Leslie County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	96.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clinton County	Leslie County
No high school diploma	20.8%	18.6%
High school graduate	38.7%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clinton County	Leslie County
Drove alone	83.7%	86.4%
Carpooled	8.8%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	5.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clinton County	Leslie County
1-unit, detached	70.2%	64.4%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	0.1%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	24.5%	33.6%

Poverty & households

	Clinton County	Leslie County
Poverty rate	18.4%	27.3%
Average household size	2.42	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	19	36
Median year structure built	1982	1983