Harrison County vs Simpson County

A side-by-side comparison of Harrison County and Simpson County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Simpson County has the higher population (19,786 vs 18,971 in Harrison County). Harrison County has the higher median household income ($63,205 vs $57,392 in Simpson County). Simpson County has the higher median home value ($195,700 vs $188,900 in Harrison County).

Population, income & housing

	Harrison County	Simpson County
Population	18,971	19,786
Median age	42.4 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$63,205	$57,392
Median home value	$188,900	$195,700
Median gross rent	$755	$1,011
Housing units	8,136	8,456
Homeownership rate	70.4%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harrison County	Simpson County
Population	18,722 → 18,971 (+1.3%)	18,183 → 19,786 (+8.8%)
Median household income	$48,438 → $63,205 (+30.5%)	$48,623 → $57,392 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$140,000 → $188,900 (+34.9%)	$135,200 → $195,700 (+44.7%)
Median gross rent	$617 → $755 (+22.4%)	$804 → $1,011 (+25.7%)

Harrison County

Population

18,72218,971

Median household income

$48,438$63,205

Median home value

$140,000$188,900

Median gross rent

$617$755

Simpson County

Population

18,18319,786

Median household income

$48,623$57,392

Median home value

$135,200$195,700

Median gross rent

$804$1,011

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harrison County	Simpson County
Under 5	6.7%	5.8%
5 to 17	16.5%	17.7%
18 to 24	7.4%	8.9%
25 to 34	11.8%	13.1%
35 to 44	11.0%	12.1%
45 to 54	13.3%	12.2%
55 to 64	14.6%	14.3%
65 to 74	11.2%	9.7%
75 and over	7.5%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harrison County	Simpson County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	84.2%
Black or African American	1.9%	6.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.2%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harrison County	Simpson County
No high school diploma	10.9%	10.8%
High school graduate	45.8%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harrison County	Simpson County
Drove alone	80.6%	79.5%
Carpooled	9.9%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	3.5%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	5.2%
Other means	1.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harrison County	Simpson County
1-unit, detached	74.3%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	6.1%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	12.1%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Harrison County	Simpson County
Poverty rate	16.4%	15.1%
Average household size	2.57	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	1979	1979