McCracken County vs Scott County

A side-by-side comparison of McCracken County and Scott County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

McCracken County has the higher population (67,584 vs 58,269 in Scott County). Scott County has the higher median household income ($83,660 vs $62,385 in McCracken County). Scott County has the higher median home value ($264,200 vs $182,900 in McCracken County).

Population, income & housing

	McCracken County	Scott County
Population	67,584	58,269
Median age	42.4 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$62,385	$83,660
Median home value	$182,900	$264,200
Median gross rent	$861	$1,181
Housing units	32,155	23,335
Homeownership rate	67.4%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	33.2%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	McCracken County	Scott County
Population	65,268 → 67,584 (+3.5%)	54,667 → 58,269 (+6.6%)
Median household income	$46,080 → $62,385 (+35.4%)	$70,817 → $83,660 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$143,400 → $182,900 (+27.5%)	$189,500 → $264,200 (+39.4%)
Median gross rent	$717 → $861 (+20.1%)	$900 → $1,181 (+31.2%)

McCracken County

Population

65,26867,584

Median household income

$46,080$62,385

Median home value

$143,400$182,900

Median gross rent

$717$861

Scott County

Population

54,66758,269

Median household income

$70,817$83,660

Median home value

$189,500$264,200

Median gross rent

$900$1,181

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	McCracken County	Scott County
Under 5	5.8%	6.2%
5 to 17	16.2%	18.5%
18 to 24	7.6%	9.3%
25 to 34	11.9%	13.9%
35 to 44	12.8%	13.7%
45 to 54	12.1%	14.0%
55 to 64	13.5%	11.5%
65 to 74	11.8%	8.3%
75 and over	8.4%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	McCracken County	Scott County
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	84.7%
Black or African American	10.0%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	McCracken County	Scott County
No high school diploma	7.2%	5.7%
High school graduate	32.3%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	21.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	McCracken County	Scott County
Drove alone	83.4%	79.1%
Carpooled	5.8%	9.8%
Public transit	0.6%	0.1%
Walked	1.5%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	9.4%
Other means	1.2%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	McCracken County	Scott County
1-unit, detached	65.3%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	8.5%
20 or more units	4.8%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	McCracken County	Scott County
Poverty rate	15.3%	10.4%
Average household size	2.43	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	17	22
Median year structure built	1978	1998