Fleming County vs Larue County

A side-by-side comparison of Fleming County and Larue County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fleming County has the higher population (15,221 vs 15,028 in Larue County). Larue County has the higher median household income ($67,770 vs $49,663 in Fleming County). Larue County has the higher median home value ($177,500 vs $115,200 in Fleming County).

Population, income & housing

	Fleming County	Larue County
Population	15,221	15,028
Median age	41.0 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,663	$67,770
Median home value	$115,200	$177,500
Median gross rent	$677	$816
Housing units	6,776	6,542
Homeownership rate	75.6%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fleming County	Larue County
Population	14,513 → 15,221 (+4.9%)	14,204 → 15,028 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$44,612 → $49,663 (+11.3%)	$47,643 → $67,770 (+42.2%)
Median home value	$89,900 → $115,200 (+28.1%)	$115,600 → $177,500 (+53.5%)
Median gross rent	$584 → $677 (+15.9%)	$703 → $816 (+16.1%)

Fleming County

Population

14,51315,221

Median household income

$44,612$49,663

Median home value

$89,900$115,200

Median gross rent

$584$677

Larue County

Population

14,20415,028

Median household income

$47,643$67,770

Median home value

$115,600$177,500

Median gross rent

$703$816

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fleming County	Larue County
Under 5	6.8%	5.3%
5 to 17	17.3%	17.3%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.5%
25 to 34	11.8%	12.2%
35 to 44	11.1%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.9%	11.9%
55 to 64	13.8%	15.5%
65 to 74	11.1%	11.2%
75 and over	7.4%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fleming County	Larue County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	90.5%
Black or African American	1.1%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.2%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fleming County	Larue County
No high school diploma	16.6%	14.0%
High school graduate	41.1%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fleming County	Larue County
Drove alone	82.7%	85.0%
Carpooled	10.4%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	7.6%
Other means	0.3%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fleming County	Larue County
1-unit, detached	61.8%	83.4%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	33.1%	12.1%

Poverty & households

	Fleming County	Larue County
Poverty rate	22.9%	18.9%
Average household size	2.62	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	32	29
Median year structure built	1985	1981