Fulton County vs Lee County

A side-by-side comparison of Fulton County and Lee County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lee County has the higher population (7,375 vs 6,440 in Fulton County). Fulton County has the higher median household income ($36,834 vs $34,182 in Lee County). Lee County has the higher median home value ($82,100 vs $78,100 in Fulton County).

Population, income & housing

	Fulton County	Lee County
Population	6,440	7,375
Median age	41.2 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$36,834	$34,182
Median home value	$78,100	$82,100
Median gross rent	$542	$593
Housing units	3,174	3,227
Homeownership rate	64.1%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	7.5%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fulton County	Lee County
Population	6,130 → 6,440 (+5.1%)	6,881 → 7,375 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$30,114 → $36,834 (+22.3%)	$25,275 → $34,182 (+35.2%)
Median home value	$66,100 → $78,100 (+18.2%)	$63,000 → $82,100 (+30.3%)
Median gross rent	$579 → $542 (-6.4%)	$548 → $593 (+8.2%)

Fulton County

Population

6,1306,440

Median household income

$30,114$36,834

Median home value

$66,100$78,100

Median gross rent

$579$542

Lee County

Population

6,8817,375

Median household income

$25,275$34,182

Median home value

$63,000$82,100

Median gross rent

$548$593

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fulton County	Lee County
Under 5	4.8%	4.9%
5 to 17	16.9%	13.8%
18 to 24	8.0%	6.4%
25 to 34	13.9%	14.2%
35 to 44	9.9%	13.5%
45 to 54	11.7%	13.1%
55 to 64	13.8%	14.9%
65 to 74	11.8%	12.2%
75 and over	9.1%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fulton County	Lee County
White (non-Hispanic)	69.3%	93.8%
Black or African American	24.3%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fulton County	Lee County
No high school diploma	18.8%	25.8%
High school graduate	39.9%	44.4%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	22.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fulton County	Lee County
Drove alone	76.5%	75.2%
Carpooled	14.0%	13.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	3.9%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	6.4%
Other means	1.3%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fulton County	Lee County
1-unit, detached	79.0%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	21.5%

Poverty & households

	Fulton County	Lee County
Poverty rate	25.7%	28.9%
Average household size	2.38	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	20	42
Median year structure built	1972	1986