Lee County vs Nicholas County

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

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

Nicholas County has the higher population (7,655 vs 7,375 in Lee County). Nicholas County has the higher median household income ($53,616 vs $34,182 in Lee County). Nicholas County has the higher median home value ($119,600 vs $82,100 in Lee County).

Population, income & housing

	Lee County	Nicholas County
Population	7,375	7,655
Median age	43.4 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$34,182	$53,616
Median home value	$82,100	$119,600
Median gross rent	$593	$654
Housing units	3,227	3,333
Homeownership rate	75.0%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lee County	Nicholas County
Population	6,881 → 7,375 (+7.2%)	7,153 → 7,655 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$25,275 → $34,182 (+35.2%)	$38,149 → $53,616 (+40.5%)
Median home value	$63,000 → $82,100 (+30.3%)	$85,600 → $119,600 (+39.7%)
Median gross rent	$548 → $593 (+8.2%)	$593 → $654 (+10.3%)

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

Nicholas County

Population

7,1537,655

Median household income

$38,149$53,616

Median home value

$85,600$119,600

Median gross rent

$593$654

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lee County	Nicholas County
Under 5	4.9%	5.7%
5 to 17	13.8%	18.5%
18 to 24	6.4%	8.1%
25 to 34	14.2%	10.4%
35 to 44	13.5%	14.9%
45 to 54	13.1%	11.5%
55 to 64	14.9%	14.2%
65 to 74	12.2%	10.1%
75 and over	6.9%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lee County	Nicholas County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	95.7%
Black or African American	2.1%	1.0%
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%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lee County	Nicholas County
No high school diploma	25.8%	16.3%
High school graduate	44.4%	43.3%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lee County	Nicholas County
Drove alone	75.2%	82.7%
Carpooled	13.0%	10.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	4.7%
Other means	3.2%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lee County	Nicholas County
1-unit, detached	70.9%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	2.3%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	21.5%	16.5%

Poverty & households

	Lee County	Nicholas County
Poverty rate	28.9%	18.5%
Average household size	2.49	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	42	38
Median year structure built	1986	1971