Knott County vs Pendleton County

A side-by-side comparison of Knott County and Pendleton County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pendleton County has the higher population (14,683 vs 14,046 in Knott County). Pendleton County has the higher median household income ($66,601 vs $37,736 in Knott County). Pendleton County has the higher median home value ($160,800 vs $74,600 in Knott County).

Population, income & housing

	Knott County	Pendleton County
Population	14,046	14,683
Median age	44.4 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$37,736	$66,601
Median home value	$74,600	$160,800
Median gross rent	$731	$800
Housing units	6,695	6,285
Homeownership rate	70.8%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	16.6%
Unemployment rate	11.6%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Knott County	Pendleton County
Population	15,260 → 14,046 (-8.0%)	14,572 → 14,683 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$31,198 → $37,736 (+21.0%)	$54,375 → $66,601 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$51,500 → $74,600 (+44.9%)	$116,400 → $160,800 (+38.1%)
Median gross rent	$504 → $731 (+45.0%)	$756 → $800 (+5.8%)

Knott County

Population

15,26014,046

Median household income

$31,198$37,736

Median home value

$51,500$74,600

Median gross rent

$504$731

Pendleton County

Population

14,57214,683

Median household income

$54,375$66,601

Median home value

$116,400$160,800

Median gross rent

$756$800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Knott County	Pendleton County
Under 5	4.7%	5.7%
5 to 17	15.5%	17.4%
18 to 24	9.9%	7.7%
25 to 34	10.3%	11.8%
35 to 44	10.8%	11.3%
45 to 54	13.3%	13.2%
55 to 64	15.3%	15.8%
65 to 74	12.8%	10.9%
75 and over	7.3%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Knott County	Pendleton County
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	92.5%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.2%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Knott County	Pendleton County
No high school diploma	27.2%	15.3%
High school graduate	28.7%	41.7%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Knott County	Pendleton County
Drove alone	74.6%	79.9%
Carpooled	10.4%	9.2%
Public transit	0.4%	0.3%
Walked	4.6%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	7.5%
Other means	1.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Knott County	Pendleton County
1-unit, detached	63.1%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.2%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	32.6%	20.8%

Poverty & households

	Knott County	Pendleton County
Poverty rate	25.9%	14.3%
Average household size	2.49	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	27	36
Median year structure built	1982	1981