Knox County vs Meade County

A side-by-side comparison of Knox County and Meade County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Knox County has the higher population (30,034 vs 30,032 in Meade County). Meade County has the higher median household income ($70,163 vs $33,153 in Knox County). Meade County has the higher median home value ($195,000 vs $109,200 in Knox County).

Population, income & housing

	Knox County	Meade County
Population	30,034	30,032
Median age	39.8 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$33,153	$70,163
Median home value	$109,200	$195,000
Median gross rent	$631	$976
Housing units	13,824	12,111
Homeownership rate	65.6%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Knox County	Meade County
Population	31,365 → 30,034 (-4.2%)	28,182 → 30,032 (+6.6%)
Median household income	$30,181 → $33,153 (+9.8%)	$56,603 → $70,163 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$86,800 → $109,200 (+25.8%)	$153,500 → $195,000 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$562 → $631 (+12.3%)	$856 → $976 (+14.0%)

Knox County

Population

31,36530,034

Median household income

$30,181$33,153

Median home value

$86,800$109,200

Median gross rent

$562$631

Meade County

Population

28,18230,032

Median household income

$56,603$70,163

Median home value

$153,500$195,000

Median gross rent

$856$976

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Knox County	Meade County
Under 5	6.2%	5.1%
5 to 17	17.4%	17.0%
18 to 24	8.4%	8.0%
25 to 34	12.8%	13.1%
35 to 44	11.7%	14.6%
45 to 54	13.0%	12.9%
55 to 64	13.2%	14.2%
65 to 74	9.9%	9.7%
75 and over	7.4%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Knox County	Meade County
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	88.4%
Black or African American	0.8%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Knox County	Meade County
No high school diploma	24.3%	9.4%
High school graduate	38.5%	41.1%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Knox County	Meade County
Drove alone	78.1%	81.5%
Carpooled	9.4%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	1.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	8.6%
Other means	1.6%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Knox County	Meade County
1-unit, detached	57.1%	67.0%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	2.3%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	31.1%	20.6%

Poverty & households

	Knox County	Meade County
Poverty rate	36.7%	13.7%
Average household size	2.59	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	26	34
Median year structure built	1985	1990