Knott County vs Trigg County

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

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

Trigg County has the higher population (14,211 vs 14,046 in Knott County). Trigg County has the higher median household income ($54,630 vs $37,736 in Knott County). Trigg County has the higher median home value ($192,000 vs $74,600 in Knott County).

Population, income & housing

	Knott County	Trigg County
Population	14,046	14,211
Median age	44.4 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$37,736	$54,630
Median home value	$74,600	$192,000
Median gross rent	$731	$802
Housing units	6,695	7,625
Homeownership rate	70.8%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	11.6%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Knott County	Trigg County
Population	15,260 → 14,046 (-8.0%)	14,449 → 14,211 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$31,198 → $37,736 (+21.0%)	$50,536 → $54,630 (+8.1%)
Median home value	$51,500 → $74,600 (+44.9%)	$129,400 → $192,000 (+48.4%)
Median gross rent	$504 → $731 (+45.0%)	$564 → $802 (+42.2%)

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

Trigg County

Population

14,44914,211

Median household income

$50,536$54,630

Median home value

$129,400$192,000

Median gross rent

$564$802

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Knott County	Trigg County
Under 5	4.7%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.5%	16.1%
18 to 24	9.9%	6.8%
25 to 34	10.3%	9.9%
35 to 44	10.8%	10.2%
45 to 54	13.3%	12.7%
55 to 64	15.3%	16.0%
65 to 74	12.8%	13.6%
75 and over	7.3%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Knott County	Trigg County
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	86.4%
Black or African American	1.0%	6.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.2%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Knott County	Trigg County
No high school diploma	27.2%	12.5%
High school graduate	28.7%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Knott County	Trigg County
Drove alone	74.6%	75.2%
Carpooled	10.4%	11.5%
Public transit	0.4%	0.1%
Walked	4.6%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	10.1%
Other means	1.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Knott County	Trigg County
1-unit, detached	63.1%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.2%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	32.6%	17.6%

Poverty & households

	Knott County	Trigg County
Poverty rate	25.9%	20.4%
Average household size	2.49	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1982	1985