Crittenden County vs Livingston County

A side-by-side comparison of Crittenden County and Livingston County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Crittenden County has the higher population (8,972 vs 8,941 in Livingston County). Livingston County has the higher median household income ($59,713 vs $47,003 in Crittenden County). Livingston County has the higher median home value ($116,300 vs $115,700 in Crittenden County).

Population, income & housing

	Crittenden County	Livingston County
Population	8,972	8,941
Median age	42.8 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$47,003	$59,713
Median home value	$115,700	$116,300
Median gross rent	$618	$912
Housing units	4,351	4,617
Homeownership rate	77.6%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	13.9%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crittenden County	Livingston County
Population	9,000 → 8,972 (-0.3%)	9,235 → 8,941 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$45,244 → $47,003 (+3.9%)	$50,839 → $59,713 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$89,900 → $115,700 (+28.7%)	$102,400 → $116,300 (+13.6%)
Median gross rent	$550 → $618 (+12.4%)	$676 → $912 (+34.9%)

Crittenden County

Population

9,0008,972

Median household income

$45,244$47,003

Median home value

$89,900$115,700

Median gross rent

$550$618

Livingston County

Population

9,2358,941

Median household income

$50,839$59,713

Median home value

$102,400$116,300

Median gross rent

$676$912

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crittenden County	Livingston County
Under 5	5.2%	5.2%
5 to 17	17.3%	16.2%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.4%
25 to 34	11.9%	11.2%
35 to 44	11.4%	9.8%
45 to 54	12.4%	13.5%
55 to 64	14.0%	15.7%
65 to 74	12.3%	13.1%
75 and over	8.5%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crittenden County	Livingston County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	94.4%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crittenden County	Livingston County
No high school diploma	16.2%	10.5%
High school graduate	43.5%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crittenden County	Livingston County
Drove alone	72.7%	76.0%
Carpooled	18.6%	13.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	3.3%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	4.4%
Other means	0.5%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crittenden County	Livingston County
1-unit, detached	81.4%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	14.6%	25.3%

Poverty & households

	Crittenden County	Livingston County
Poverty rate	18.1%	18.9%
Average household size	2.46	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	1975	1977