Fleming County vs Rockcastle County

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

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

Rockcastle County has the higher population (16,144 vs 15,221 in Fleming County). Fleming County has the higher median household income ($49,663 vs $48,367 in Rockcastle County). Rockcastle County has the higher median home value ($119,300 vs $115,200 in Fleming County).

Population, income & housing

	Fleming County	Rockcastle County
Population	15,221	16,144
Median age	41.0 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$49,663	$48,367
Median home value	$115,200	$119,300
Median gross rent	$677	$678
Housing units	6,776	7,377
Homeownership rate	75.6%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	13.7%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fleming County	Rockcastle County
Population	14,513 → 15,221 (+4.9%)	16,820 → 16,144 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$44,612 → $49,663 (+11.3%)	$35,720 → $48,367 (+35.4%)
Median home value	$89,900 → $115,200 (+28.1%)	$81,900 → $119,300 (+45.7%)
Median gross rent	$584 → $677 (+15.9%)	$575 → $678 (+17.9%)

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

Rockcastle County

Population

16,82016,144

Median household income

$35,720$48,367

Median home value

$81,900$119,300

Median gross rent

$575$678

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fleming County	Rockcastle County
Under 5	6.8%	5.4%
5 to 17	17.3%	16.1%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.4%
25 to 34	11.8%	11.7%
35 to 44	11.1%	11.4%
45 to 54	12.9%	14.0%
55 to 64	13.8%	14.9%
65 to 74	11.1%	11.4%
75 and over	7.4%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fleming County	Rockcastle County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	95.8%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fleming County	Rockcastle County
No high school diploma	16.6%	18.6%
High school graduate	41.1%	44.0%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fleming County	Rockcastle County
Drove alone	82.7%	80.1%
Carpooled	10.4%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	1.3%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	8.1%
Other means	0.3%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fleming County	Rockcastle County
1-unit, detached	61.8%	65.3%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	33.1%	26.7%

Poverty & households

	Fleming County	Rockcastle County
Poverty rate	22.9%	24.4%
Average household size	2.62	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	32	27
Median year structure built	1985	1988