Perry County vs Woodford County

A side-by-side comparison of Perry County and Woodford County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Perry County has the higher population (27,847 vs 27,017 in Woodford County). Woodford County has the higher median household income ($80,006 vs $45,261 in Perry County). Woodford County has the higher median home value ($270,400 vs $90,700 in Perry County).

Population, income & housing

	Perry County	Woodford County
Population	27,847	27,017
Median age	41.4 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$45,261	$80,006
Median home value	$90,700	$270,400
Median gross rent	$795	$1,000
Housing units	13,256	11,587
Homeownership rate	72.2%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	41.7%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Perry County	Woodford County
Population	26,624 → 27,847 (+4.6%)	26,318 → 27,017 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$33,640 → $45,261 (+34.5%)	$63,820 → $80,006 (+25.4%)
Median home value	$75,400 → $90,700 (+20.3%)	$203,000 → $270,400 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$649 → $795 (+22.5%)	$771 → $1,000 (+29.7%)

Perry County

Population

26,62427,847

Median household income

$33,640$45,261

Median home value

$75,400$90,700

Median gross rent

$649$795

Woodford County

Population

26,31827,017

Median household income

$63,820$80,006

Median home value

$203,000$270,400

Median gross rent

$771$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Perry County	Woodford County
Under 5	6.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	17.4%	16.3%
18 to 24	6.6%	8.6%
25 to 34	12.0%	10.8%
35 to 44	12.8%	11.5%
45 to 54	13.3%	12.7%
55 to 64	14.4%	14.3%
65 to 74	11.2%	12.3%
75 and over	6.4%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Perry County	Woodford County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	85.1%
Black or African American	1.0%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Perry County	Woodford County
No high school diploma	20.5%	8.6%
High school graduate	35.0%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	18.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Perry County	Woodford County
Drove alone	73.1%	78.8%
Carpooled	16.5%	6.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	2.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	13.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Perry County	Woodford County
1-unit, detached	58.4%	81.8%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	31.9%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Perry County	Woodford County
Poverty rate	25.5%	10.0%
Average household size	2.41	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1986	1984