Estill County vs Pendleton County

A side-by-side comparison of Estill County and Pendleton County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pendleton County has the higher population (14,683 vs 14,079 in Estill County). Pendleton County has the higher median household income ($66,601 vs $43,905 in Estill County). Pendleton County has the higher median home value ($160,800 vs $111,900 in Estill County).

Population, income & housing

	Estill County	Pendleton County
Population	14,079	14,683
Median age	44.3 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$43,905	$66,601
Median home value	$111,900	$160,800
Median gross rent	$689	$800
Housing units	6,847	6,285
Homeownership rate	72.4%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.9%	16.6%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Estill County	Pendleton County
Population	14,224 → 14,079 (-1.0%)	14,572 → 14,683 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$31,688 → $43,905 (+38.6%)	$54,375 → $66,601 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$76,800 → $111,900 (+45.7%)	$116,400 → $160,800 (+38.1%)
Median gross rent	$574 → $689 (+20.0%)	$756 → $800 (+5.8%)

Estill County

Population

14,22414,079

Median household income

$31,688$43,905

Median home value

$76,800$111,900

Median gross rent

$574$689

Pendleton County

Population

14,57214,683

Median household income

$54,375$66,601

Median home value

$116,400$160,800

Median gross rent

$756$800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Estill County	Pendleton County
Under 5	5.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.3%	17.4%
18 to 24	6.5%	7.7%
25 to 34	11.4%	11.8%
35 to 44	11.6%	11.3%
45 to 54	14.5%	13.2%
55 to 64	15.2%	15.8%
65 to 74	11.6%	10.9%
75 and over	7.8%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Estill County	Pendleton County
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	92.5%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.7%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Estill County	Pendleton County
No high school diploma	21.9%	15.3%
High school graduate	45.1%	41.7%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Estill County	Pendleton County
Drove alone	73.8%	79.9%
Carpooled	17.0%	9.2%
Public transit	0.1%	0.3%
Walked	4.4%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	7.5%
Other means	0.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Estill County	Pendleton County
1-unit, detached	65.4%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.3%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	20.8%	20.8%

Poverty & households

	Estill County	Pendleton County
Poverty rate	22.0%	14.3%
Average household size	2.37	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	35	36
Median year structure built	1980	1981