Fayette County vs Kenton County

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

Fayette County and Kenton 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 169,817 in Kenton County). Kenton County has the higher median household income ($79,421 vs $67,631 in Fayette County). Fayette County has the higher median home value ($272,100 vs $227,500 in Kenton County).

Population, income & housing

	Fayette County	Kenton County
Population	321,122	169,817
Median age	35.2 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$67,631	$79,421
Median home value	$272,100	$227,500
Median gross rent	$1,101	$1,018
Housing units	147,720	72,896
Homeownership rate	53.6%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.3%	37.6%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fayette County	Kenton County
Population	320,601 → 321,122 (+0.2%)	165,668 → 169,817 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$57,291 → $67,631 (+18.0%)	$64,339 → $79,421 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$189,800 → $272,100 (+43.4%)	$161,100 → $227,500 (+41.2%)
Median gross rent	$896 → $1,101 (+22.9%)	$811 → $1,018 (+25.5%)

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

Kenton County

Population

165,668169,817

Median household income

$64,339$79,421

Median home value

$161,100$227,500

Median gross rent

$811$1,018

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fayette County	Kenton County
Under 5	5.7%	6.4%
5 to 17	15.3%	17.2%
18 to 24	13.7%	8.0%
25 to 34	15.0%	14.8%
35 to 44	13.1%	13.5%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.8%
55 to 64	11.2%	13.0%
65 to 74	8.8%	9.6%
75 and over	5.6%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fayette County	Kenton County
White (non-Hispanic)	67.8%	86.0%
Black or African American	14.3%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	4.1%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fayette County	Kenton County
No high school diploma	7.6%	7.5%
High school graduate	19.0%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	26.5%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	20.8%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fayette County	Kenton County
Drove alone	74.8%	75.6%
Carpooled	8.4%	7.3%
Public transit	1.3%	1.1%
Walked	3.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.2%
Worked from home	10.9%	13.1%
Other means	1.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fayette County	Kenton County
1-unit, detached	58.4%	67.9%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	16.2%	12.2%
20 or more units	10.0%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Fayette County	Kenton County
Poverty rate	15.7%	11.9%
Average household size	2.24	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1983	1974