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Cave City, KY

2,730 Population
4.4 square miles 617.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.8 ±6.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Glasgow, KY Micro Area: 40.3 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$19,028 ±$2,342 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Glasgow, KY Micro Area: $29,424 ±$1,420
  • about half the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$27,589 ±$11,686 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Glasgow, KY Micro Area: $50,729 ±$2,867
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

29.9% ±6.6% (806  ±221) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Glasgow, KY Micro Area: 20.9% † 11,403 (±2.3% / ±1,261)
  • nearly double the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.8 minutes ±3 (19,180  ±5,812) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Glasgow, KY Micro Area: 23.9 493,225 (±1.1 / ±32,374)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,227 ±178 Number of households
  • the Glasgow, KY Micro Area: 22,117 ±392
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (2,728  ±437) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Glasgow, KY Micro Area: 2.5 54,643 (±0 / ±21)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,413,943
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.8% ±4.5% (53  ±33) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Glasgow, KY Micro Area: 5.1% † 626 (±1.4% / ±171)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 55,780 (±0.2% / ±1,896)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,322 ±173 Number of housing units
  • the Glasgow, KY Micro Area: 25,018 ±39
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$116,700 ±$34,627 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Glasgow, KY Micro Area: $165,700 ±$5,119
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

19.2% ±7.2% (517  ±211) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Glasgow, KY Micro Area: 11% † 6,064 (±1.7% / ±917.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

74.9% ±5.4% (1,402  ±237.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Glasgow, KY Micro Area: 86.8% 33,239 (±3.1% / ±1,182.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 88.9% 2,753,821 (±0.4% / ±12,191.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
6.8% ±3.5% (128  ±68.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Glasgow, KY Micro Area: 17.3% 6,628 (±1.6% / ±606.1)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)
  • about one-fifth 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

6.3% ±3.5% (171  ±98) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Glasgow, KY Micro Area: 2.5% 1,377
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kentucky: 4.7% 211,210
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.9% ±2.5% (84  ±56) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Glasgow, KY Micro Area: 5.8% † 2,441 (±0.8% / ±334)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
84 Total veterans ±56 41 Male ±32 43 Female ±44

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