Graves County vs Greenup County

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

Graves 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.

Graves County has the higher population (36,612 vs 35,639 in Greenup County). Greenup County has the higher median household income ($59,613 vs $50,576 in Graves County). Graves County has the higher median home value ($139,000 vs $135,300 in Greenup County).

Population, income & housing

	Graves County	Greenup County
Population	36,612	35,639
Median age	40.0 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,576	$59,613
Median home value	$139,000	$135,300
Median gross rent	$713	$836
Housing units	16,437	16,247
Homeownership rate	76.4%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Graves County	Greenup County
Population	37,248 → 36,612 (-1.7%)	35,555 → 35,639 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$44,043 → $50,576 (+14.8%)	$51,655 → $59,613 (+15.4%)
Median home value	$104,300 → $139,000 (+33.3%)	$116,700 → $135,300 (+15.9%)
Median gross rent	$639 → $713 (+11.6%)	$704 → $836 (+18.8%)

Graves County

Population

37,24836,612

Median household income

$44,043$50,576

Median home value

$104,300$139,000

Median gross rent

$639$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)

	Graves County	Greenup County
Under 5	6.6%	4.9%
5 to 17	17.6%	16.6%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.0%
25 to 34	11.9%	11.0%
35 to 44	11.6%	11.8%
45 to 54	12.2%	13.1%
55 to 64	14.0%	14.0%
65 to 74	10.8%	12.6%
75 and over	7.5%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Graves County	Greenup County
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	95.2%
Black or African American	4.1%	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	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Graves County	Greenup County
No high school diploma	11.3%	9.7%
High school graduate	41.6%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Graves County	Greenup County
Drove alone	82.6%	83.6%
Carpooled	7.1%	8.9%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	4.8%
Other means	1.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Graves County	Greenup County
1-unit, detached	80.4%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	2.6%
20 or more units	1.2%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	11.5%	12.7%

Poverty & households

	Graves County	Greenup County
Poverty rate	20.5%	15.1%
Average household size	2.55	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1978	1975