Grayson County vs Woodford County

A side-by-side comparison of Grayson County and Woodford County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Woodford County has the higher population (27,017 vs 26,586 in Grayson County). Woodford County has the higher median household income ($80,006 vs $49,893 in Grayson County). Woodford County has the higher median home value ($270,400 vs $160,100 in Grayson County).

Population, income & housing

	Grayson County	Woodford County
Population	26,586	27,017
Median age	40.3 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,893	$80,006
Median home value	$160,100	$270,400
Median gross rent	$653	$1,000
Housing units	13,336	11,587
Homeownership rate	76.2%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	41.7%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grayson County	Woodford County
Population	26,247 → 26,586 (+1.3%)	26,318 → 27,017 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$38,612 → $49,893 (+29.2%)	$63,820 → $80,006 (+25.4%)
Median home value	$113,900 → $160,100 (+40.6%)	$203,000 → $270,400 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$589 → $653 (+10.9%)	$771 → $1,000 (+29.7%)

Grayson County

Population

26,24726,586

Median household income

$38,612$49,893

Median home value

$113,900$160,100

Median gross rent

$589$653

Woodford County

Population

26,31827,017

Median household income

$63,820$80,006

Median home value

$203,000$270,400

Median gross rent

$771$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grayson County	Woodford County
Under 5	6.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	17.2%	16.3%
18 to 24	7.5%	8.6%
25 to 34	12.2%	10.8%
35 to 44	12.3%	11.5%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.7%
55 to 64	14.1%	14.3%
65 to 74	11.2%	12.3%
75 and over	6.7%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grayson County	Woodford County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	85.1%
Black or African American	1.0%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grayson County	Woodford County
No high school diploma	15.0%	8.6%
High school graduate	44.4%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	18.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grayson County	Woodford County
Drove alone	79.8%	78.8%
Carpooled	12.2%	6.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.1%
Walked	0.9%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	13.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grayson County	Woodford County
1-unit, detached	73.5%	81.8%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	3.1%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	17.7%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Grayson County	Woodford County
Poverty rate	19.3%	10.0%
Average household size	2.67	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1988	1984