Gallatin County vs Trimble County

A side-by-side comparison of Gallatin County and Trimble County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gallatin County has the higher population (8,749 vs 8,531 in Trimble County). Trimble County has the higher median household income ($67,813 vs $62,247 in Gallatin County). Trimble County has the higher median home value ($172,700 vs $169,400 in Gallatin County).

Population, income & housing

	Gallatin County	Trimble County
Population	8,749	8,531
Median age	39.7 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$62,247	$67,813
Median home value	$169,400	$172,700
Median gross rent	$858	$935
Housing units	3,763	3,870
Homeownership rate	73.4%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gallatin County	Trimble County
Population	8,737 → 8,749 (+0.1%)	8,558 → 8,531 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$52,167 → $62,247 (+19.3%)	$53,056 → $67,813 (+27.8%)
Median home value	$128,100 → $169,400 (+32.2%)	$124,000 → $172,700 (+39.3%)
Median gross rent	$701 → $858 (+22.4%)	$715 → $935 (+30.8%)

Gallatin County

Population

8,7378,749

Median household income

$52,167$62,247

Median home value

$128,100$169,400

Median gross rent

$701$858

Trimble County

Population

8,5588,531

Median household income

$53,056$67,813

Median home value

$124,000$172,700

Median gross rent

$715$935

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gallatin County	Trimble County
Under 5	5.5%	5.1%
5 to 17	16.8%	16.9%
18 to 24	9.0%	7.3%
25 to 34	13.3%	13.2%
35 to 44	11.1%	10.9%
45 to 54	12.9%	13.6%
55 to 64	15.9%	14.7%
65 to 74	9.6%	11.3%
75 and over	5.9%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gallatin County	Trimble County
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	92.6%
Black or African American	2.7%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gallatin County	Trimble County
No high school diploma	15.6%	14.4%
High school graduate	43.4%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gallatin County	Trimble County
Drove alone	80.5%	75.0%
Carpooled	13.4%	15.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	5.0%
Other means	0.5%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gallatin County	Trimble County
1-unit, detached	60.2%	68.1%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	1.9%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	27.5%	28.6%

Poverty & households

	Gallatin County	Trimble County
Poverty rate	14.4%	13.2%
Average household size	2.65	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1992	1988