Floyd County vs Graves County

A side-by-side comparison of Floyd County and Graves County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Graves County has the higher population (36,612 vs 35,342 in Floyd County). Graves County has the higher median household income ($50,576 vs $41,582 in Floyd County). Graves County has the higher median home value ($139,000 vs $93,300 in Floyd County).

Population, income & housing

	Floyd County	Graves County
Population	35,342	36,612
Median age	43.1 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$41,582	$50,576
Median home value	$93,300	$139,000
Median gross rent	$713	$713
Housing units	17,475	16,437
Homeownership rate	72.1%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Floyd County	Graves County
Population	36,456 → 35,342 (-3.1%)	37,248 → 36,612 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$32,730 → $41,582 (+27.0%)	$44,043 → $50,576 (+14.8%)
Median home value	$74,400 → $93,300 (+25.4%)	$104,300 → $139,000 (+33.3%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $713 (+10.4%)	$639 → $713 (+11.6%)

Floyd County

Population

36,45635,342

Median household income

$32,730$41,582

Median home value

$74,400$93,300

Median gross rent

$646$713

Graves County

Population

37,24836,612

Median household income

$44,043$50,576

Median home value

$104,300$139,000

Median gross rent

$639$713

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Floyd County	Graves County
Under 5	5.7%	6.6%
5 to 17	16.4%	17.6%
18 to 24	7.2%	7.8%
25 to 34	11.5%	11.9%
35 to 44	12.3%	11.6%
45 to 54	13.2%	12.2%
55 to 64	14.3%	14.0%
65 to 74	12.4%	10.8%
75 and over	7.1%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Floyd County	Graves County
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	84.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Floyd County	Graves County
No high school diploma	18.9%	11.3%
High school graduate	38.3%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Floyd County	Graves County
Drove alone	85.7%	82.6%
Carpooled	9.5%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	1.4%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	7.4%
Other means	0.5%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Floyd County	Graves County
1-unit, detached	61.5%	80.4%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.9%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	29.2%	11.5%

Poverty & households

	Floyd County	Graves County
Poverty rate	26.6%	20.5%
Average household size	2.38	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1981	1978