Pike County vs Pulaski County

A side-by-side comparison of Pike County and Pulaski County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pulaski County has the higher population (65,503 vs 57,466 in Pike County). Pulaski County has the higher median household income ($50,943 vs $42,179 in Pike County). Pulaski County has the higher median home value ($156,300 vs $104,200 in Pike County).

Population, income & housing

	Pike County	Pulaski County
Population	57,466	65,503
Median age	42.9 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$42,179	$50,943
Median home value	$104,200	$156,300
Median gross rent	$837	$835
Housing units	28,955	31,673
Homeownership rate	75.1%	71.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pike County	Pulaski County
Population	59,497 → 57,466 (-3.4%)	64,350 → 65,503 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$34,856 → $42,179 (+21.0%)	$39,998 → $50,943 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$78,600 → $104,200 (+32.6%)	$116,200 → $156,300 (+34.5%)
Median gross rent	$665 → $837 (+25.9%)	$682 → $835 (+22.4%)

Pike County

Population

59,49757,466

Median household income

$34,856$42,179

Median home value

$78,600$104,200

Median gross rent

$665$837

Pulaski County

Population

64,35065,503

Median household income

$39,998$50,943

Median home value

$116,200$156,300

Median gross rent

$682$835

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pike County	Pulaski County
Under 5	5.1%	5.7%
5 to 17	15.4%	16.4%
18 to 24	8.0%	7.1%
25 to 34	11.6%	11.9%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.4%
45 to 54	13.6%	13.0%
55 to 64	14.5%	14.2%
65 to 74	12.3%	11.6%
75 and over	7.4%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pike County	Pulaski County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pike County	Pulaski County
No high school diploma	19.2%	15.1%
High school graduate	39.0%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pike County	Pulaski County
Drove alone	80.6%	82.6%
Carpooled	11.6%	10.6%
Public transit	0.2%	0.2%
Walked	1.9%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	4.9%
Other means	1.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pike County	Pulaski County
1-unit, detached	54.8%	67.9%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	3.5%
20 or more units	2.5%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	35.6%	18.1%

Poverty & households

	Pike County	Pulaski County
Poverty rate	25.0%	20.3%
Average household size	2.30	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1985	1986