Lewis County vs Union County

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

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

Union County has the higher population (13,379 vs 13,028 in Lewis County). Union County has the higher median household income ($60,989 vs $41,632 in Lewis County). Union County has the higher median home value ($109,000 vs $86,100 in Lewis County).

Population, income & housing

	Lewis County	Union County
Population	13,028	13,379
Median age	42.1 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$41,632	$60,989
Median home value	$86,100	$109,000
Median gross rent	$757	$787
Housing units	6,072	5,868
Homeownership rate	79.0%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	11.8%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lewis County	Union County
Population	13,417 → 13,028 (-2.9%)	14,638 → 13,379 (-8.6%)
Median household income	$31,147 → $41,632 (+33.7%)	$46,673 → $60,989 (+30.7%)
Median home value	$65,500 → $86,100 (+31.5%)	$92,100 → $109,000 (+18.3%)
Median gross rent	$518 → $757 (+46.1%)	$597 → $787 (+31.8%)

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

Union County

Population

14,63813,379

Median household income

$46,673$60,989

Median home value

$92,100$109,000

Median gross rent

$597$787

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lewis County	Union County
Under 5	5.9%	5.4%
5 to 17	17.3%	14.0%
18 to 24	7.0%	10.3%
25 to 34	11.3%	11.6%
35 to 44	11.5%	12.1%
45 to 54	13.1%	12.4%
55 to 64	14.8%	14.6%
65 to 74	11.6%	12.8%
75 and over	7.6%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lewis County	Union County
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	88.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	8.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lewis County	Union County
No high school diploma	19.4%	8.0%
High school graduate	47.2%	45.3%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lewis County	Union County
Drove alone	77.4%	83.1%
Carpooled	10.5%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	5.0%
Other means	0.6%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lewis County	Union County
1-unit, detached	67.2%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	25.4%	15.1%

Poverty & households

	Lewis County	Union County
Poverty rate	22.6%	17.4%
Average household size	2.63	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	42	23
Median year structure built	1985	1975