Hopkinsville vs Pembroke

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

Hopkinsville and Pembroke 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 817 in Pembroke). Pembroke has the higher median household income ($69,196 vs $47,428 in Hopkinsville). Pembroke has the higher median home value ($190,600 vs $140,200 in Hopkinsville).

Population, income & housing

	Hopkinsville	Pembroke
Population	31,011	817
Median age	35.1 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$47,428	$69,196
Median home value	$140,200	$190,600
Median gross rent	$869	$909
Housing units	14,290	401
Homeownership rate	50.3%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.2%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hopkinsville	Pembroke
Population	31,056 → 31,011 (-0.1%)	862 → 817 (-5.2%)
Median household income	$41,597 → $47,428 (+14.0%)	$53,603 → $69,196 (+29.1%)
Median home value	$116,600 → $140,200 (+20.2%)	$137,500 → $190,600 (+38.6%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $869 (+19.9%)	$543 → $909 (+67.4%)

Hopkinsville

Population

31,05631,011

Median household income

$41,597$47,428

Median home value

$116,600$140,200

Median gross rent

$725$869

Pembroke

Population

862817

Median household income

$53,603$69,196

Median home value

$137,500$190,600

Median gross rent

$543$909

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hopkinsville	Pembroke
Under 5	7.5%	5.9%
5 to 17	16.7%	13.3%
18 to 24	11.2%	8.1%
25 to 34	14.5%	10.2%
35 to 44	10.8%	14.6%
45 to 54	10.7%	8.9%
55 to 64	11.7%	19.0%
65 to 74	8.9%	9.3%
75 and over	8.0%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hopkinsville	Pembroke
White (non-Hispanic)	59.1%	70.0%
Black or African American	27.4%	9.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	6.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.7%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hopkinsville	Pembroke
No high school diploma	13.7%	12.8%
High school graduate	31.9%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hopkinsville	Pembroke
Drove alone	85.5%	71.5%
Carpooled	8.9%	16.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	2.3%
Worked from home	3.2%	8.3%
Other means	1.4%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hopkinsville	Pembroke
1-unit, detached	69.4%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	9.5%
20 or more units	4.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Hopkinsville	Pembroke
Poverty rate	20.1%	11.2%
Average household size	2.32	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1975	1985