Marshall County vs Meade County

A side-by-side comparison of Marshall County and Meade County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Marshall County has the higher population (31,728 vs 30,032 in Meade County). Meade County has the higher median household income ($70,163 vs $63,611 in Marshall County). Meade County has the higher median home value ($195,000 vs $173,700 in Marshall County).

Population, income & housing

	Marshall County	Meade County
Population	31,728	30,032
Median age	44.9 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$63,611	$70,163
Median home value	$173,700	$195,000
Median gross rent	$773	$976
Housing units	16,461	12,111
Homeownership rate	82.1%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marshall County	Meade County
Population	31,192 → 31,728 (+1.7%)	28,182 → 30,032 (+6.6%)
Median household income	$55,113 → $63,611 (+15.4%)	$56,603 → $70,163 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$131,100 → $173,700 (+32.5%)	$153,500 → $195,000 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$690 → $773 (+12.0%)	$856 → $976 (+14.0%)

Marshall County

Population

31,19231,728

Median household income

$55,113$63,611

Median home value

$131,100$173,700

Median gross rent

$690$773

Meade County

Population

28,18230,032

Median household income

$56,603$70,163

Median home value

$153,500$195,000

Median gross rent

$856$976

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marshall County	Meade County
Under 5	4.9%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.5%	17.0%
18 to 24	6.9%	8.0%
25 to 34	11.1%	13.1%
35 to 44	11.6%	14.6%
45 to 54	12.7%	12.9%
55 to 64	15.1%	14.2%
65 to 74	13.0%	9.7%
75 and over	9.1%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marshall County	Meade County
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	88.4%
Black or African American	0.7%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.2%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marshall County	Meade County
No high school diploma	7.7%	9.4%
High school graduate	36.9%	41.1%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marshall County	Meade County
Drove alone	78.8%	81.5%
Carpooled	11.3%	7.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	1.5%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	8.6%
Other means	1.9%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marshall County	Meade County
1-unit, detached	76.4%	67.0%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	2.3%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	15.3%	20.6%

Poverty & households

	Marshall County	Meade County
Poverty rate	13.4%	13.7%
Average household size	2.37	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	24	34
Median year structure built	1984	1990