Knox County vs Muhlenberg County

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

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

Muhlenberg County has the higher population (30,712 vs 30,034 in Knox County). Muhlenberg County has the higher median household income ($52,672 vs $33,153 in Knox County). Muhlenberg County has the higher median home value ($121,300 vs $109,200 in Knox County).

Population, income & housing

	Knox County	Muhlenberg County
Population	30,034	30,712
Median age	39.8 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$33,153	$52,672
Median home value	$109,200	$121,300
Median gross rent	$631	$712
Housing units	13,824	13,533
Homeownership rate	65.6%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Knox County	Muhlenberg County
Population	31,365 → 30,034 (-4.2%)	30,951 → 30,712 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$30,181 → $33,153 (+9.8%)	$43,590 → $52,672 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$86,800 → $109,200 (+25.8%)	$93,900 → $121,300 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$562 → $631 (+12.3%)	$600 → $712 (+18.7%)

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

Muhlenberg County

Population

30,95130,712

Median household income

$43,590$52,672

Median home value

$93,900$121,300

Median gross rent

$600$712

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Knox County	Muhlenberg County
Under 5	6.2%	5.6%
5 to 17	17.4%	15.5%
18 to 24	8.4%	7.5%
25 to 34	12.8%	11.8%
35 to 44	11.7%	12.3%
45 to 54	13.0%	13.5%
55 to 64	13.2%	13.7%
65 to 74	9.9%	11.5%
75 and over	7.4%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Knox County	Muhlenberg County
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.8%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.1%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Knox County	Muhlenberg County
No high school diploma	24.3%	15.4%
High school graduate	38.5%	42.8%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Knox County	Muhlenberg County
Drove alone	78.1%	89.6%
Carpooled	9.4%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	2.8%
Other means	1.6%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Knox County	Muhlenberg County
1-unit, detached	57.1%	74.9%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	3.1%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	31.1%	18.5%

Poverty & households

	Knox County	Muhlenberg County
Poverty rate	36.7%	17.8%
Average household size	2.59	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1985	1978