Leslie County vs Metcalfe County

A side-by-side comparison of Leslie County and Metcalfe County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Metcalfe County has the higher population (10,372 vs 10,261 in Leslie County). Metcalfe County has the higher median household income ($48,572 vs $40,176 in Leslie County). Metcalfe County has the higher median home value ($103,100 vs $74,100 in Leslie County).

Population, income & housing

	Leslie County	Metcalfe County
Population	10,261	10,372
Median age	42.2 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$40,176	$48,572
Median home value	$74,100	$103,100
Median gross rent	$520	$549
Housing units	4,913	4,719
Homeownership rate	82.6%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	13.1%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leslie County	Metcalfe County
Population	10,283 → 10,261 (-0.2%)	10,036 → 10,372 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$31,627 → $40,176 (+27.0%)	$37,386 → $48,572 (+29.9%)
Median home value	$64,100 → $74,100 (+15.6%)	$77,200 → $103,100 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$517 → $520 (+0.6%)	$523 → $549 (+5.0%)

Leslie County

Population

10,28310,261

Median household income

$31,627$40,176

Median home value

$64,100$74,100

Median gross rent

$517$520

Metcalfe County

Population

10,03610,372

Median household income

$37,386$48,572

Median home value

$77,200$103,100

Median gross rent

$523$549

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leslie County	Metcalfe County
Under 5	5.1%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.3%	18.0%
18 to 24	7.5%	6.9%
25 to 34	10.0%	10.8%
35 to 44	15.4%	12.4%
45 to 54	11.8%	13.4%
55 to 64	15.0%	14.0%
65 to 74	11.7%	11.2%
75 and over	7.1%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leslie County	Metcalfe County
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	94.1%
Black or African American	0.5%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leslie County	Metcalfe County
No high school diploma	18.6%	15.7%
High school graduate	40.5%	42.7%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leslie County	Metcalfe County
Drove alone	86.4%	81.0%
Carpooled	8.3%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leslie County	Metcalfe County
1-unit, detached	64.4%	65.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.1%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.9%
20 or more units	1.3%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	33.6%	27.9%

Poverty & households

	Leslie County	Metcalfe County
Poverty rate	27.3%	25.7%
Average household size	2.53	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	36	23
Median year structure built	1983	1986