Estill County vs Trigg County

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

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

Trigg County has the higher population (14,211 vs 14,079 in Estill County). Trigg County has the higher median household income ($54,630 vs $43,905 in Estill County). Trigg County has the higher median home value ($192,000 vs $111,900 in Estill County).

Population, income & housing

	Estill County	Trigg County
Population	14,079	14,211
Median age	44.3 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$43,905	$54,630
Median home value	$111,900	$192,000
Median gross rent	$689	$802
Housing units	6,847	7,625
Homeownership rate	72.4%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.9%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Estill County	Trigg County
Population	14,224 → 14,079 (-1.0%)	14,449 → 14,211 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$31,688 → $43,905 (+38.6%)	$50,536 → $54,630 (+8.1%)
Median home value	$76,800 → $111,900 (+45.7%)	$129,400 → $192,000 (+48.4%)
Median gross rent	$574 → $689 (+20.0%)	$564 → $802 (+42.2%)

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

Trigg County

Population

14,44914,211

Median household income

$50,536$54,630

Median home value

$129,400$192,000

Median gross rent

$564$802

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Estill County	Trigg County
Under 5	5.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.3%	16.1%
18 to 24	6.5%	6.8%
25 to 34	11.4%	9.9%
35 to 44	11.6%	10.2%
45 to 54	14.5%	12.7%
55 to 64	15.2%	16.0%
65 to 74	11.6%	13.6%
75 and over	7.8%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Estill County	Trigg County
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	86.4%
Black or African American	0.1%	6.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.7%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Estill County	Trigg County
No high school diploma	21.9%	12.5%
High school graduate	45.1%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Estill County	Trigg County
Drove alone	73.8%	75.2%
Carpooled	17.0%	11.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	4.4%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	10.1%
Other means	0.4%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Estill County	Trigg County
1-unit, detached	65.4%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.3%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	20.8%	17.6%

Poverty & households

	Estill County	Trigg County
Poverty rate	22.0%	20.4%
Average household size	2.37	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	35	25
Median year structure built	1980	1985