Lee County vs Menifee County

A side-by-side comparison of Lee County and Menifee County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lee County has the higher population (7,375 vs 6,203 in Menifee County). Menifee County has the higher median household income ($44,672 vs $34,182 in Lee County). Menifee County has the higher median home value ($111,500 vs $82,100 in Lee County).

Population, income & housing

	Lee County	Menifee County
Population	7,375	6,203
Median age	43.4 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$34,182	$44,672
Median home value	$82,100	$111,500
Median gross rent	$593	$634
Housing units	3,227	3,387
Homeownership rate	75.0%	72.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lee County	Menifee County
Population	6,881 → 7,375 (+7.2%)	6,443 → 6,203 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$25,275 → $34,182 (+35.2%)	$39,325 → $44,672 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$63,000 → $82,100 (+30.3%)	$76,800 → $111,500 (+45.2%)
Median gross rent	$548 → $593 (+8.2%)	$603 → $634 (+5.1%)

Lee County

Population

6,8817,375

Median household income

$25,275$34,182

Median home value

$63,000$82,100

Median gross rent

$548$593

Menifee County

Population

6,4436,203

Median household income

$39,325$44,672

Median home value

$76,800$111,500

Median gross rent

$603$634

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lee County	Menifee County
Under 5	4.9%	5.9%
5 to 17	13.8%	15.1%
18 to 24	6.4%	6.9%
25 to 34	14.2%	11.4%
35 to 44	13.5%	10.6%
45 to 54	13.1%	12.5%
55 to 64	14.9%	15.7%
65 to 74	12.2%	12.9%
75 and over	6.9%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lee County	Menifee County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	95.8%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lee County	Menifee County
No high school diploma	25.8%	21.6%
High school graduate	44.4%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lee County	Menifee County
Drove alone	75.2%	82.4%
Carpooled	13.0%	7.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	10.2%
Other means	3.2%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lee County	Menifee County
1-unit, detached	70.9%	75.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	21.5%	20.8%

Poverty & households

	Lee County	Menifee County
Poverty rate	28.9%	28.2%
Average household size	2.49	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	42	39
Median year structure built	1986	1990