Jessamine County vs Scott County

A side-by-side comparison of Jessamine County and Scott County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Scott County has the higher population (58,269 vs 53,792 in Jessamine County). Scott County has the higher median household income ($83,660 vs $74,886 in Jessamine County). Scott County has the higher median home value ($264,200 vs $245,100 in Jessamine County).

Population, income & housing

	Jessamine County	Scott County
Population	53,792	58,269
Median age	38.7 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$74,886	$83,660
Median home value	$245,100	$264,200
Median gross rent	$994	$1,181
Housing units	20,936	23,335
Homeownership rate	69.3%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.4%	33.2%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jessamine County	Scott County
Population	53,032 → 53,792 (+1.4%)	54,667 → 58,269 (+6.6%)
Median household income	$58,245 → $74,886 (+28.6%)	$70,817 → $83,660 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$172,100 → $245,100 (+42.4%)	$189,500 → $264,200 (+39.4%)
Median gross rent	$789 → $994 (+26.0%)	$900 → $1,181 (+31.2%)

Jessamine County

Population

53,03253,792

Median household income

$58,245$74,886

Median home value

$172,100$245,100

Median gross rent

$789$994

Scott County

Population

54,66758,269

Median household income

$70,817$83,660

Median home value

$189,500$264,200

Median gross rent

$900$1,181

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jessamine County	Scott County
Under 5	6.1%	6.2%
5 to 17	17.7%	18.5%
18 to 24	9.0%	9.3%
25 to 34	12.8%	13.9%
35 to 44	12.8%	13.7%
45 to 54	12.6%	14.0%
55 to 64	13.1%	11.5%
65 to 74	9.7%	8.3%
75 and over	6.2%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jessamine County	Scott County
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	84.7%
Black or African American	3.9%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jessamine County	Scott County
No high school diploma	9.5%	5.7%
High school graduate	29.3%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	21.2%
Graduate or professional degree	15.0%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jessamine County	Scott County
Drove alone	76.9%	79.1%
Carpooled	10.3%	9.8%
Public transit	0.3%	0.1%
Walked	1.9%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	9.4%
Other means	0.2%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jessamine County	Scott County
1-unit, detached	74.0%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	8.5%
20 or more units	1.0%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Jessamine County	Scott County
Poverty rate	10.5%	10.4%
Average household size	2.66	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1991	1998