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Horse Cave, KY

2,143 Population
3.1 square miles 681.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.2 ±6.2 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Hart County: 40.4 ±0.7
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,018 ±$3,487 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Hart County: $26,411 ±$1,557
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$51,118 ±$17,789 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Hart County: $52,285 ±$3,907
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

34.8% ±9.8% (696  ±244) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Hart County: 19.3% † 3,691 (±3.2% / ±620)
  • more than 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 minutes ±3.5 (10,200  ±3,853) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Hart County: 28.7 207,515 (±2.2 / ±20,549)
  • about three-quarters 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

944 ±193 Number of households
  • Hart County: 7,376 ±241
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (2,047  ±441) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Hart County: 2.6 19,342 (±0.1 / ±14)
  • 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

1% ±1.6% (4  ±7) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Hart County: 4.3% † 176 (±2.1% / ±84)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 55,780 (±0.2% / ±1,896)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,111 ±222 Number of housing units
  • Hart County: 8,929 ±63
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$113,700 ±$41,897 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Hart County: $146,000 † ±$16,851
  • about half the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.7% ±6.8% (315  ±158.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Hart County: 10.1% † 1,961 (±2.5% / ±480.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

81.3% ±21.8% (1,371  ±243.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Hart County: 81.2% 10,826 (±4.7% / ±633.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 88.9% 2,753,821 (±0.4% / ±12,191.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
8.9% ±3.7% (150  ±68.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Hart County: 12.2% † 1,629 (±2.2% / ±298.8)
  • about one-third of the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)
  • about one-quarter 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

2.3% ±2.7% (49  ±58) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Hart County: 0.9% 177
  • about half the rate in Kentucky: 4.7% 211,210
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.4% ±3.6% (130  ±68) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hart County: 6.8% † 1,002 (±1.2% / ±173)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
130 Total veterans ±68 127 Male ±68 3 Female ±5

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