Crofton vs Hopkinsville

A side-by-side comparison of Crofton and Hopkinsville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hopkinsville has the higher population (31,011 vs 690 in Crofton). Hopkinsville has the higher median household income ($47,428 vs $43,889 in Crofton). Hopkinsville has the higher median home value ($140,200 vs $81,300 in Crofton).

Population, income & housing

	Crofton	Hopkinsville
Population	690	31,011
Median age	42.7 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$43,889	$47,428
Median home value	$81,300	$140,200
Median gross rent	$748	$869
Housing units	348	14,290
Homeownership rate	59.4%	50.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crofton	Hopkinsville
Population	450 → 690 (+53.3%)	31,056 → 31,011 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$37,250 → $43,889 (+17.8%)	$41,597 → $47,428 (+14.0%)
Median home value	$56,800 → $81,300 (+43.1%)	$116,600 → $140,200 (+20.2%)
Median gross rent	$526 → $748 (+42.2%)	$725 → $869 (+19.9%)

Crofton

Population

450690

Median household income

$37,250$43,889

Median home value

$56,800$81,300

Median gross rent

$526$748

Hopkinsville

Population

31,05631,011

Median household income

$41,597$47,428

Median home value

$116,600$140,200

Median gross rent

$725$869

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crofton	Hopkinsville
Under 5	6.8%	7.5%
5 to 17	15.8%	16.7%
18 to 24	5.9%	11.2%
25 to 34	13.5%	14.5%
35 to 44	9.4%	10.8%
45 to 54	15.9%	10.7%
55 to 64	19.0%	11.7%
65 to 74	9.9%	8.9%
75 and over	3.8%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crofton	Hopkinsville
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	59.1%
Black or African American	10.1%	27.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.2%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crofton	Hopkinsville
No high school diploma	11.6%	13.7%
High school graduate	47.3%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crofton	Hopkinsville
Drove alone	84.6%	85.5%
Carpooled	13.0%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crofton	Hopkinsville
1-unit, detached	65.2%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	13.4%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	8.2%
20 or more units	6.3%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	16.4%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Crofton	Hopkinsville
Poverty rate	30.6%	20.1%
Average household size	2.40	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	30	20
Median year structure built	1976	1975