Cave City vs Hiseville

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

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

Cave City has the higher population (2,545 vs 86 in Hiseville). Cave City has the higher median household income ($33,672 vs $11,563 in Hiseville). Since 2019, Cave City's population has grown faster (-0.8% vs -57.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Cave City	Hiseville
Population	2,545	86
Median age	40.1 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$33,672	$11,563
Median home value	$108,100	—
Median gross rent	$679	$819
Housing units	1,297	61
Homeownership rate	38.7%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.9%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	44.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cave City	Hiseville
Population	2,566 → 2,545 (-0.8%)	204 → 86 (-57.8%)
Median household income	$30,833 → $33,672 (+9.2%)	$13,478 → $11,563 (-14.2%)
Median home value	$85,800 → $108,100 (+26.0%)	—
Median gross rent	$576 → $679 (+17.9%)	$672 → $819 (+21.9%)

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

Hiseville

Population

20486

Median household income

$13,478$11,563

Median gross rent

$672$819

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cave City	Hiseville
Under 5	8.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.9%	9.3%
18 to 24	11.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.1%	11.6%
35 to 44	15.5%	43.0%
45 to 54	12.6%	11.6%
55 to 64	10.3%	16.3%
65 to 74	9.5%	8.1%
75 and over	8.9%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cave City	Hiseville
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	4.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cave City	Hiseville
No high school diploma	17.7%	37.2%
High school graduate	45.0%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	19.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cave City	Hiseville
Drove alone	80.8%	100.0%
Carpooled	6.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cave City	Hiseville
1-unit, detached	52.0%	23.0%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	32.5%	63.9%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	13.1%

Poverty & households

	Cave City	Hiseville
Poverty rate	28.4%	91.9%
Average household size	2.17	1.41
Mean commute (minutes)	21	—
Median year structure built	1981	2002