Big Clifty vs Caneyville

A side-by-side comparison of Big Clifty and Caneyville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Caneyville has the higher population (541 vs 302 in Big Clifty). Caneyville has the higher median home value ($112,500 vs $103,600 in Big Clifty). Since 2019, Big Clifty's population has grown faster (-12.0% vs -22.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Big Clifty	Caneyville
Population	302	541
Median age	27.0 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$25,938
Median home value	$103,600	$112,500
Median gross rent	$776	$661
Housing units	189	283
Homeownership rate	70.4%	62.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.1%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	12.1%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Clifty	Caneyville
Population	343 → 302 (-12.0%)	698 → 541 (-22.5%)
Median household income	—	$32,431 → $25,938 (-20.0%)
Median home value	$88,000 → $103,600 (+17.7%)	$96,400 → $112,500 (+16.7%)
Median gross rent	$731 → $776 (+6.2%)	$563 → $661 (+17.4%)

Big Clifty

Population

343302

Median home value

$88,000$103,600

Median gross rent

$731$776

Caneyville

Population

698541

Median household income

$32,431$25,938

Median home value

$96,400$112,500

Median gross rent

$563$661

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Clifty	Caneyville
Under 5	4.3%	5.0%
5 to 17	23.5%	16.8%
18 to 24	19.2%	9.6%
25 to 34	7.9%	11.1%
35 to 44	20.2%	22.6%
45 to 54	1.7%	7.8%
55 to 64	6.6%	10.2%
65 to 74	16.6%	10.2%
75 and over	0.0%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Clifty	Caneyville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Clifty	Caneyville
No high school diploma	44.4%	12.9%
High school graduate	32.5%	40.7%
Some college or associate's	20.0%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	3.1%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Clifty	Caneyville
Drove alone	100.0%	70.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	23.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Clifty	Caneyville
1-unit, detached	75.7%	64.7%
1-unit, attached	9.5%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	23.0%

Poverty & households

	Big Clifty	Caneyville
Poverty rate	32.8%	22.4%
Average household size	2.42	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	35	24
Median year structure built	1979	1972