Leslie County vs Owen County

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

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

Owen County has the higher population (11,270 vs 10,261 in Leslie County). Owen County has the higher median household income ($59,706 vs $40,176 in Leslie County). Owen County has the higher median home value ($165,000 vs $74,100 in Leslie County).

Population, income & housing

	Leslie County	Owen County
Population	10,261	11,270
Median age	42.2 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$40,176	$59,706
Median home value	$74,100	$165,000
Median gross rent	$520	$775
Housing units	4,913	5,378
Homeownership rate	82.6%	87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leslie County	Owen County
Population	10,283 → 10,261 (-0.2%)	10,796 → 11,270 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$31,627 → $40,176 (+27.0%)	$48,801 → $59,706 (+22.3%)
Median home value	$64,100 → $74,100 (+15.6%)	$116,100 → $165,000 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$517 → $520 (+0.6%)	$624 → $775 (+24.2%)

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

Owen County

Population

10,79611,270

Median household income

$48,801$59,706

Median home value

$116,100$165,000

Median gross rent

$624$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leslie County	Owen County
Under 5	5.1%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.3%	16.8%
18 to 24	7.5%	8.0%
25 to 34	10.0%	11.3%
35 to 44	15.4%	11.5%
45 to 54	11.8%	13.1%
55 to 64	15.0%	14.1%
65 to 74	11.7%	12.3%
75 and over	7.1%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leslie County	Owen County
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	94.1%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leslie County	Owen County
No high school diploma	18.6%	15.9%
High school graduate	40.5%	45.2%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leslie County	Owen County
Drove alone	86.4%	72.3%
Carpooled	8.3%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.3%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	11.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leslie County	Owen County
1-unit, detached	64.4%	68.6%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.1%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	33.6%	24.6%

Poverty & households

	Leslie County	Owen County
Poverty rate	27.3%	17.2%
Average household size	2.53	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	36	42
Median year structure built	1983	1990