Cave City vs Park City

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

Cave City and Park City 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 693 in Park City). Park City has the higher median household income ($64,583 vs $33,672 in Cave City). Park City has the higher median home value ($142,600 vs $108,100 in Cave City).

Population, income & housing

	Cave City	Park City
Population	2,545	693
Median age	40.1 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$33,672	$64,583
Median home value	$108,100	$142,600
Median gross rent	$679	$638
Housing units	1,297	314
Homeownership rate	38.7%	63.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.9%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cave City	Park City
Population	2,566 → 2,545 (-0.8%)	641 → 693 (+8.1%)
Median household income	$30,833 → $33,672 (+9.2%)	$45,368 → $64,583 (+42.4%)
Median home value	$85,800 → $108,100 (+26.0%)	$78,900 → $142,600 (+80.7%)
Median gross rent	$576 → $679 (+17.9%)	$655 → $638 (-2.6%)

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

Park City

Population

641693

Median household income

$45,368$64,583

Median home value

$78,900$142,600

Median gross rent

$655$638

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cave City	Park City
Under 5	8.4%	4.3%
5 to 17	10.9%	19.5%
18 to 24	11.7%	5.1%
25 to 34	12.1%	13.3%
35 to 44	15.5%	11.7%
45 to 54	12.6%	18.0%
55 to 64	10.3%	15.6%
65 to 74	9.5%	7.2%
75 and over	8.9%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cave City	Park City
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	92.6%
Black or African American	4.6%	1.3%
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%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cave City	Park City
No high school diploma	17.7%	5.3%
High school graduate	45.0%	54.6%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cave City	Park City
Drove alone	80.8%	87.9%
Carpooled	6.9%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	2.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cave City	Park City
1-unit, detached	52.0%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	32.5%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	12.7%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Cave City	Park City
Poverty rate	28.4%	10.8%
Average household size	2.17	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1981	1965