Floyd County vs Greenup County

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

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

Greenup County has the higher population (35,639 vs 35,342 in Floyd County). Greenup County has the higher median household income ($59,613 vs $41,582 in Floyd County). Greenup County has the higher median home value ($135,300 vs $93,300 in Floyd County).

Population, income & housing

	Floyd County	Greenup County
Population	35,342	35,639
Median age	43.1 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$41,582	$59,613
Median home value	$93,300	$135,300
Median gross rent	$713	$836
Housing units	17,475	16,247
Homeownership rate	72.1%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Floyd County	Greenup County
Population	36,456 → 35,342 (-3.1%)	35,555 → 35,639 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$32,730 → $41,582 (+27.0%)	$51,655 → $59,613 (+15.4%)
Median home value	$74,400 → $93,300 (+25.4%)	$116,700 → $135,300 (+15.9%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $713 (+10.4%)	$704 → $836 (+18.8%)

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

Greenup County

Population

35,55535,639

Median household income

$51,655$59,613

Median home value

$116,700$135,300

Median gross rent

$704$836

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Floyd County	Greenup County
Under 5	5.7%	4.9%
5 to 17	16.4%	16.6%
18 to 24	7.2%	7.0%
25 to 34	11.5%	11.0%
35 to 44	12.3%	11.8%
45 to 54	13.2%	13.1%
55 to 64	14.3%	14.0%
65 to 74	12.4%	12.6%
75 and over	7.1%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Floyd County	Greenup County
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	95.2%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Floyd County	Greenup County
No high school diploma	18.9%	9.7%
High school graduate	38.3%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Floyd County	Greenup County
Drove alone	85.7%	83.6%
Carpooled	9.5%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	4.8%
Other means	0.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Floyd County	Greenup County
1-unit, detached	61.5%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.9%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	29.2%	12.7%

Poverty & households

	Floyd County	Greenup County
Poverty rate	26.6%	15.1%
Average household size	2.38	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1981	1975