Russell is home to 3,676 people in Kentucky. 82% of homes are owner-occupied. The foreign-born share is 1%. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $211,900. Median rent is $743 a month. At a median age of 42.3, this is an older place than the country as a whole.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $76,182, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 42.3
US median: 38.9
Average education
36% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Russell
What changed most since 1990
Adults with a bachelor's degree31.6% → 35.9%(+4.3 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
White share98.7% → 91.1%(−7.6 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Median home value (2024 dollars)$179,045 → $211,900(+18%)US over the same years: +67%
Russell's population equals 10% of Greenup County's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 3.2% of the county's. Its number of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher equals 19% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)16%(26)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)30.1%(49)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era6.1%(10)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 163 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Russell, decade by decade
Russell population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
4,014
$102,754
$179,045
31.6%
3.2
2000
3,645
$98,131
$184,898
27.9%
10.0
2010
3,380
$82,470
$213,628
27.4%
13.1
2020
3,744
$75,152
$203,259
34.1%
18.7
2024
3,676
$76,182
$211,900
35.9%
20.7
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
