Hickory vs Pryorsburg

A side-by-side comparison of Hickory and Pryorsburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pryorsburg has the higher population (199 vs 53 in Hickory). Since 2019, Pryorsburg's population has grown faster (-26.8% vs -80.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Hickory	Pryorsburg
Population	53	199
Median age	21.8 yrs	58.1 yrs
Housing units	68	111
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hickory	Pryorsburg
Population	277 → 53 (-80.9%)	272 → 199 (-26.8%)
Median household income	—	$33,125 → $22,024 (-33.5%)
Median home value	—	$48,300 → $44,500 (-7.9%)

Hickory

Population

27753

Pryorsburg

Population

272199

Median household income

$33,125$22,024

Median home value

$48,300$44,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hickory	Pryorsburg
Under 5	0.0%	7.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	11.1%
18 to 24	67.9%	8.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	6.5%
45 to 54	0.0%	10.6%
55 to 64	0.0%	35.2%
65 to 74	32.1%	5.5%
75 and over	0.0%	15.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hickory	Pryorsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	50.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	37.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hickory	Pryorsburg
No high school diploma	100.0%	15.8%
High school graduate	0.0%	54.8%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	13.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hickory	Pryorsburg
Drove alone	18.8%	79.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	20.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	81.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hickory	Pryorsburg
1-unit, detached	0.0%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	75.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.0%	18.9%

Poverty & households

	Hickory	Pryorsburg
Poverty rate	0.0%	38.7%
Average household size	—	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	8	—
Median year structure built	—	1964