Taylor County vs Woodford County

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

Taylor 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.

Woodford County has the higher population (27,017 vs 26,205 in Taylor County). Woodford County has the higher median household income ($80,006 vs $61,871 in Taylor County). Woodford County has the higher median home value ($270,400 vs $163,700 in Taylor County).

Population, income & housing

	Taylor County	Woodford County
Population	26,205	27,017
Median age	37.7 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$61,871	$80,006
Median home value	$163,700	$270,400
Median gross rent	$691	$1,000
Housing units	11,206	11,587
Homeownership rate	67.6%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.0%	41.7%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Taylor County	Woodford County
Population	25,571 → 26,205 (+2.5%)	26,318 → 27,017 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$44,522 → $61,871 (+39.0%)	$63,820 → $80,006 (+25.4%)
Median home value	$120,200 → $163,700 (+36.2%)	$203,000 → $270,400 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$643 → $691 (+7.5%)	$771 → $1,000 (+29.7%)

Taylor County

Population

25,57126,205

Median household income

$44,522$61,871

Median home value

$120,200$163,700

Median gross rent

$643$691

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)

	Taylor County	Woodford County
Under 5	5.9%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.9%	16.3%
18 to 24	11.4%	8.6%
25 to 34	12.6%	10.8%
35 to 44	11.3%	11.5%
45 to 54	10.8%	12.7%
55 to 64	13.3%	14.3%
65 to 74	10.5%	12.3%
75 and over	7.3%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Taylor County	Woodford County
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	85.1%
Black or African American	4.6%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Taylor County	Woodford County
No high school diploma	11.3%	8.6%
High school graduate	36.8%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	18.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Taylor County	Woodford County
Drove alone	75.6%	78.8%
Carpooled	8.9%	6.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	2.6%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	13.0%
Other means	1.9%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Taylor County	Woodford County
1-unit, detached	77.8%	81.8%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	11.4%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Taylor County	Woodford County
Poverty rate	16.6%	10.0%
Average household size	2.49	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1977	1984