Floyd County vs Marshall County

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

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

Floyd County has the higher population (35,342 vs 31,728 in Marshall County). Marshall County has the higher median household income ($63,611 vs $41,582 in Floyd County). Marshall County has the higher median home value ($173,700 vs $93,300 in Floyd County).

Population, income & housing

	Floyd County	Marshall County
Population	35,342	31,728
Median age	43.1 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$41,582	$63,611
Median home value	$93,300	$173,700
Median gross rent	$713	$773
Housing units	17,475	16,461
Homeownership rate	72.1%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Floyd County	Marshall County
Population	36,456 → 35,342 (-3.1%)	31,192 → 31,728 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$32,730 → $41,582 (+27.0%)	$55,113 → $63,611 (+15.4%)
Median home value	$74,400 → $93,300 (+25.4%)	$131,100 → $173,700 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $713 (+10.4%)	$690 → $773 (+12.0%)

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

Marshall County

Population

31,19231,728

Median household income

$55,113$63,611

Median home value

$131,100$173,700

Median gross rent

$690$773

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Floyd County	Marshall County
Under 5	5.7%	4.9%
5 to 17	16.4%	15.5%
18 to 24	7.2%	6.9%
25 to 34	11.5%	11.1%
35 to 44	12.3%	11.6%
45 to 54	13.2%	12.7%
55 to 64	14.3%	15.1%
65 to 74	12.4%	13.0%
75 and over	7.1%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Floyd County	Marshall County
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	95.6%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Floyd County	Marshall County
No high school diploma	18.9%	7.7%
High school graduate	38.3%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Floyd County	Marshall County
Drove alone	85.7%	78.8%
Carpooled	9.5%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	1.4%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	6.5%
Other means	0.5%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Floyd County	Marshall County
1-unit, detached	61.5%	76.4%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.9%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	29.2%	15.3%

Poverty & households

	Floyd County	Marshall County
Poverty rate	26.6%	13.4%
Average household size	2.38	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1981	1984