Cave City vs Glasgow

A side-by-side comparison of Cave City and Glasgow: population, income, housing, and more.

Cave City and Glasgow are places in Kentucky. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Glasgow has the higher population (15,141 vs 2,545 in Cave City). Glasgow has the higher median household income ($42,417 vs $33,672 in Cave City). Glasgow has the higher median home value ($147,700 vs $108,100 in Cave City).

Population, income & housing

	Cave City	Glasgow
Population	2,545	15,141
Median age	40.1 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$33,672	$42,417
Median home value	$108,100	$147,700
Median gross rent	$679	$836
Housing units	1,297	7,094
Homeownership rate	38.7%	47.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.9%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cave City	Glasgow
Population	2,566 → 2,545 (-0.8%)	14,393 → 15,141 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$30,833 → $33,672 (+9.2%)	$35,138 → $42,417 (+20.7%)
Median home value	$85,800 → $108,100 (+26.0%)	$121,600 → $147,700 (+21.5%)
Median gross rent	$576 → $679 (+17.9%)	$719 → $836 (+16.3%)

Cave City

Population

2,5662,545

Median household income

$30,833$33,672

Median home value

$85,800$108,100

Median gross rent

$576$679

Glasgow

Population

14,39315,141

Median household income

$35,138$42,417

Median home value

$121,600$147,700

Median gross rent

$719$836

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cave City	Glasgow
Under 5	8.4%	5.7%
5 to 17	10.9%	18.0%
18 to 24	11.7%	7.8%
25 to 34	12.1%	12.7%
35 to 44	15.5%	11.3%
45 to 54	12.6%	11.7%
55 to 64	10.3%	12.3%
65 to 74	9.5%	11.8%
75 and over	8.9%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cave City	Glasgow
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	77.9%
Black or African American	4.6%	8.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cave City	Glasgow
No high school diploma	17.7%	11.6%
High school graduate	45.0%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cave City	Glasgow
Drove alone	80.8%	75.5%
Carpooled	6.9%	17.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.7%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.6%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cave City	Glasgow
1-unit, detached	52.0%	60.2%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	32.5%	25.4%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	7.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Cave City	Glasgow
Poverty rate	28.4%	23.0%
Average household size	2.17	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1981	1977