Floyd County vs Whitley County

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

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

Whitley County has the higher population (36,755 vs 35,342 in Floyd County). Whitley County has the higher median household income ($41,719 vs $41,582 in Floyd County). Whitley County has the higher median home value ($120,600 vs $93,300 in Floyd County).

Population, income & housing

	Floyd County	Whitley County
Population	35,342	36,755
Median age	43.1 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$41,582	$41,719
Median home value	$93,300	$120,600
Median gross rent	$713	$720
Housing units	17,475	15,558
Homeownership rate	72.1%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Floyd County	Whitley County
Population	36,456 → 35,342 (-3.1%)	36,131 → 36,755 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$32,730 → $41,582 (+27.0%)	$39,005 → $41,719 (+7.0%)
Median home value	$74,400 → $93,300 (+25.4%)	$92,500 → $120,600 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $713 (+10.4%)	$604 → $720 (+19.2%)

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

Whitley County

Population

36,13136,755

Median household income

$39,005$41,719

Median home value

$92,500$120,600

Median gross rent

$604$720

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Floyd County	Whitley County
Under 5	5.7%	7.0%
5 to 17	16.4%	19.0%
18 to 24	7.2%	11.0%
25 to 34	11.5%	12.4%
35 to 44	12.3%	11.5%
45 to 54	13.2%	11.4%
55 to 64	14.3%	11.9%
65 to 74	12.4%	9.4%
75 and over	7.1%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Floyd County	Whitley County
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	94.8%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Floyd County	Whitley County
No high school diploma	18.9%	16.9%
High school graduate	38.3%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Floyd County	Whitley County
Drove alone	85.7%	75.6%
Carpooled	9.5%	13.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	1.4%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	2.9%	7.8%
Other means	0.5%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Floyd County	Whitley County
1-unit, detached	61.5%	64.0%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	4.1%
20 or more units	0.9%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	29.2%	23.6%

Poverty & households

	Floyd County	Whitley County
Poverty rate	26.6%	25.1%
Average household size	2.38	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1981	1985