Lewis County vs Webster County

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

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

Lewis County has the higher population (13,028 vs 12,873 in Webster County). Webster County has the higher median household income ($58,786 vs $41,632 in Lewis County). Webster County has the higher median home value ($97,600 vs $86,100 in Lewis County).

Population, income & housing

	Lewis County	Webster County
Population	13,028	12,873
Median age	42.1 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$41,632	$58,786
Median home value	$86,100	$97,600
Median gross rent	$757	$774
Housing units	6,072	5,728
Homeownership rate	79.0%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lewis County	Webster County
Population	13,417 → 13,028 (-2.9%)	13,068 → 12,873 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$31,147 → $41,632 (+33.7%)	$42,119 → $58,786 (+39.6%)
Median home value	$65,500 → $86,100 (+31.5%)	$75,600 → $97,600 (+29.1%)
Median gross rent	$518 → $757 (+46.1%)	$631 → $774 (+22.7%)

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

Webster County

Population

13,06812,873

Median household income

$42,119$58,786

Median home value

$75,600$97,600

Median gross rent

$631$774

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lewis County	Webster County
Under 5	5.9%	6.2%
5 to 17	17.3%	17.6%
18 to 24	7.0%	8.4%
25 to 34	11.3%	11.5%
35 to 44	11.5%	12.0%
45 to 54	13.1%	12.9%
55 to 64	14.8%	13.6%
65 to 74	11.6%	11.2%
75 and over	7.6%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lewis County	Webster County
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	87.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.2%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lewis County	Webster County
No high school diploma	19.4%	13.4%
High school graduate	47.2%	44.7%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lewis County	Webster County
Drove alone	77.4%	82.6%
Carpooled	10.5%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	10.6%	2.4%
Other means	0.6%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lewis County	Webster County
1-unit, detached	67.2%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.1%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	25.4%	17.6%

Poverty & households

	Lewis County	Webster County
Poverty rate	22.6%	13.9%
Average household size	2.63	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	42	29
Median year structure built	1985	1977