Fleming County vs Pendleton County

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

Fleming 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.

Fleming County has the higher population (15,221 vs 14,683 in Pendleton County). Pendleton County has the higher median household income ($66,601 vs $49,663 in Fleming County). Pendleton County has the higher median home value ($160,800 vs $115,200 in Fleming County).

Population, income & housing

	Fleming County	Pendleton County
Population	15,221	14,683
Median age	41.0 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$49,663	$66,601
Median home value	$115,200	$160,800
Median gross rent	$677	$800
Housing units	6,776	6,285
Homeownership rate	75.6%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	16.6%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fleming County	Pendleton County
Population	14,513 → 15,221 (+4.9%)	14,572 → 14,683 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$44,612 → $49,663 (+11.3%)	$54,375 → $66,601 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$89,900 → $115,200 (+28.1%)	$116,400 → $160,800 (+38.1%)
Median gross rent	$584 → $677 (+15.9%)	$756 → $800 (+5.8%)

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

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)

	Fleming County	Pendleton County
Under 5	6.8%	5.7%
5 to 17	17.3%	17.4%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.7%
25 to 34	11.8%	11.8%
35 to 44	11.1%	11.3%
45 to 54	12.9%	13.2%
55 to 64	13.8%	15.8%
65 to 74	11.1%	10.9%
75 and over	7.4%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fleming County	Pendleton County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	92.5%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.2%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fleming County	Pendleton County
No high school diploma	16.6%	15.3%
High school graduate	41.1%	41.7%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fleming County	Pendleton County
Drove alone	82.7%	79.9%
Carpooled	10.4%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.3%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	7.5%
Other means	0.3%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fleming County	Pendleton County
1-unit, detached	61.8%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	33.1%	20.8%

Poverty & households

	Fleming County	Pendleton County
Poverty rate	22.9%	14.3%
Average household size	2.62	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	32	36
Median year structure built	1985	1981