Lewis County vs Powell County

A side-by-side comparison of Lewis County and Powell County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Powell County has the higher population (13,057 vs 13,028 in Lewis County). Lewis County has the higher median household income ($41,632 vs $39,811 in Powell County). Powell County has the higher median home value ($142,400 vs $86,100 in Lewis County).

Population, income & housing

	Lewis County	Powell County
Population	13,028	13,057
Median age	42.1 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$41,632	$39,811
Median home value	$86,100	$142,400
Median gross rent	$757	$743
Housing units	6,072	5,619
Homeownership rate	79.0%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lewis County	Powell County
Population	13,417 → 13,028 (-2.9%)	12,304 → 13,057 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$31,147 → $41,632 (+33.7%)	$37,469 → $39,811 (+6.3%)
Median home value	$65,500 → $86,100 (+31.5%)	$89,800 → $142,400 (+58.6%)
Median gross rent	$518 → $757 (+46.1%)	$669 → $743 (+11.1%)

Lewis County

Population

13,41713,028

Median household income

$31,147$41,632

Median home value

$65,500$86,100

Median gross rent

$518$757

Powell County

Population

12,30413,057

Median household income

$37,469$39,811

Median home value

$89,800$142,400

Median gross rent

$669$743

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lewis County	Powell County
Under 5	5.9%	6.1%
5 to 17	17.3%	18.5%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.7%
25 to 34	11.3%	12.3%
35 to 44	11.5%	12.8%
45 to 54	13.1%	13.1%
55 to 64	14.8%	13.9%
65 to 74	11.6%	10.3%
75 and over	7.6%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lewis County	Powell County
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	93.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lewis County	Powell County
No high school diploma	19.4%	17.4%
High school graduate	47.2%	40.8%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lewis County	Powell County
Drove alone	77.4%	88.7%
Carpooled	10.5%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	4.6%
Other means	0.6%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lewis County	Powell County
1-unit, detached	67.2%	61.9%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	6.8%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	25.4%	26.0%

Poverty & households

	Lewis County	Powell County
Poverty rate	22.6%	21.7%
Average household size	2.63	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	42	28
Median year structure built	1985	1984