Daviess County vs Fayette County

A side-by-side comparison of Daviess County and Fayette County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fayette County has the higher population (321,122 vs 103,195 in Daviess County). Fayette County has the higher median household income ($67,631 vs $65,323 in Daviess County). Fayette County has the higher median home value ($272,100 vs $185,800 in Daviess County).

Population, income & housing

	Daviess County	Fayette County
Population	103,195	321,122
Median age	38.7 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$65,323	$67,631
Median home value	$185,800	$272,100
Median gross rent	$906	$1,101
Housing units	44,199	147,720
Homeownership rate	66.8%	53.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	47.3%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Daviess County	Fayette County
Population	100,474 → 103,195 (+2.7%)	320,601 → 321,122 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$51,673 → $65,323 (+26.4%)	$57,291 → $67,631 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$133,600 → $185,800 (+39.1%)	$189,800 → $272,100 (+43.4%)
Median gross rent	$769 → $906 (+17.8%)	$896 → $1,101 (+22.9%)

Daviess County

Population

100,474103,195

Median household income

$51,673$65,323

Median home value

$133,600$185,800

Median gross rent

$769$906

Fayette County

Population

320,601321,122

Median household income

$57,291$67,631

Median home value

$189,800$272,100

Median gross rent

$896$1,101

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Daviess County	Fayette County
Under 5	6.4%	5.7%
5 to 17	18.2%	15.3%
18 to 24	8.2%	13.7%
25 to 34	12.8%	15.0%
35 to 44	12.3%	13.1%
45 to 54	11.7%	11.6%
55 to 64	13.1%	11.2%
65 to 74	10.3%	8.8%
75 and over	7.0%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Daviess County	Fayette County
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	67.8%
Black or African American	4.3%	14.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.2%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Daviess County	Fayette County
No high school diploma	9.1%	7.6%
High school graduate	34.2%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	26.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	20.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Daviess County	Fayette County
Drove alone	83.9%	74.8%
Carpooled	8.0%	8.4%
Public transit	0.3%	1.3%
Walked	1.5%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.5%
Worked from home	5.4%	10.9%
Other means	0.6%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Daviess County	Fayette County
1-unit, detached	73.5%	58.4%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	16.2%
20 or more units	3.7%	10.0%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Daviess County	Fayette County
Poverty rate	15.2%	15.7%
Average household size	2.44	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1977	1983