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Dawson Springs CCD, Hopkins County, KY

5,131 Population
117.5 square miles 43.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.4 ±3.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Hopkins County: 41.3 ±0.5
  • a little higher than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,543 ±$2,526 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Hopkins County: $29,287 ±$1,310
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$54,688 ±$14,000 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Hopkins County: $56,815 ±$3,927
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

21.4% ±5.6% (1,060  ±301) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hopkins County: 20% † 8,748 (±2.6% / ±1,123)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

32.9 minutes ±8.9 (51,225  ±9,407) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Hopkins County: 21.3 364,295 (±0.9 / ±21,103)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,985 ±177 Number of households
  • Hopkins County: 18,397 ±413
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (5,025  ±571) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Hopkins County: 2.4 44,196 (±0.1 / ±24)
  • a little higher than the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,413,943
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.3% ±6.7% (75  ±62) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Hopkins County: 5.1% † 493 (±1.4% / ±134)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 55,780 (±0.2% / ±1,896)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,419 ±174 Number of housing units
  • Hopkins County: 21,001 ±37
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$90,800 ±$20,151 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Hopkins County: $142,800 ±$10,539
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.6% ±4% (487  ±209.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Hopkins County: 13% † 5,814 (±1.9% / ±852.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.2% ±5.8% (3,220  ±413.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Hopkins County: 88.3% 27,711 (±3.5% / ±1,098.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Kentucky: 88.9% 2,753,821 (±0.4% / ±12,191.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
4% ±1.9% (148  ±71.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Hopkins County: 16.9% 5,308 (±1.6% / ±502.1)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.1% ±0.1% (3  ±7) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Hopkins County: 2% 920
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 4.7% 211,210
  • United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.6% ±1.9% (221  ±80) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hopkins County: 5.2% † 1,801 (±0.7% / ±243)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
221 Total veterans ±80 208 Male ±72 13 Female ±19

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