Menifee County vs Owsley County

A side-by-side comparison of Menifee County and Owsley County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Menifee County has the higher population (6,203 vs 4,021 in Owsley County). Menifee County has the higher median household income ($44,672 vs $31,064 in Owsley County). Menifee County has the higher median home value ($111,500 vs $79,900 in Owsley County).

Population, income & housing

	Menifee County	Owsley County
Population	6,203	4,021
Median age	45.1 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$44,672	$31,064
Median home value	$111,500	$79,900
Median gross rent	$634	$551
Housing units	3,387	2,024
Homeownership rate	72.6%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	11.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Menifee County	Owsley County
Population	6,443 → 6,203 (-3.7%)	4,442 → 4,021 (-9.5%)
Median household income	$39,325 → $44,672 (+13.6%)	$30,284 → $31,064 (+2.6%)
Median home value	$76,800 → $111,500 (+45.2%)	$70,200 → $79,900 (+13.8%)
Median gross rent	$603 → $634 (+5.1%)	$316 → $551 (+74.4%)

Menifee County

Population

6,4436,203

Median household income

$39,325$44,672

Median home value

$76,800$111,500

Median gross rent

$603$634

Owsley County

Population

4,4424,021

Median household income

$30,284$31,064

Median home value

$70,200$79,900

Median gross rent

$316$551

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Menifee County	Owsley County
Under 5	5.9%	7.3%
5 to 17	15.1%	11.5%
18 to 24	6.9%	7.3%
25 to 34	11.4%	10.4%
35 to 44	10.6%	9.2%
45 to 54	12.5%	15.6%
55 to 64	15.7%	17.6%
65 to 74	12.9%	15.1%
75 and over	9.1%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Menifee County	Owsley County
White (non-Hispanic)	95.8%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.6%
Two or more races	1.4%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Menifee County	Owsley County
No high school diploma	21.6%	27.0%
High school graduate	41.4%	42.2%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Menifee County	Owsley County
Drove alone	82.4%	80.8%
Carpooled	7.0%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	8.7%
Other means	0.1%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Menifee County	Owsley County
1-unit, detached	75.4%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.8%	24.7%

Poverty & households

	Menifee County	Owsley County
Poverty rate	28.2%	24.9%
Average household size	2.55	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	39	33
Median year structure built	1990	1987