Big Clifty vs Clarkson

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

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

Clarkson has the higher population (1,133 vs 302 in Big Clifty). Clarkson has the higher median home value ($121,900 vs $103,600 in Big Clifty). Since 2019, Clarkson's population has grown faster (+2.6% vs -12.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Big Clifty	Clarkson
Population	302	1,133
Median age	27.0 yrs	31.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$28,393
Median home value	$103,600	$121,900
Median gross rent	$776	$575
Housing units	189	447
Homeownership rate	70.4%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.1%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	12.1%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Clifty	Clarkson
Population	343 → 302 (-12.0%)	1,104 → 1,133 (+2.6%)
Median household income	—	$25,676 → $28,393 (+10.6%)
Median home value	$88,000 → $103,600 (+17.7%)	$84,200 → $121,900 (+44.8%)
Median gross rent	$731 → $776 (+6.2%)	$532 → $575 (+8.1%)

Big Clifty

Population

343302

Median home value

$88,000$103,600

Median gross rent

$731$776

Clarkson

Population

1,1041,133

Median household income

$25,676$28,393

Median home value

$84,200$121,900

Median gross rent

$532$575

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Clifty	Clarkson
Under 5	4.3%	14.8%
5 to 17	23.5%	18.4%
18 to 24	19.2%	3.6%
25 to 34	7.9%	17.8%
35 to 44	20.2%	18.7%
45 to 54	1.7%	4.4%
55 to 64	6.6%	7.2%
65 to 74	16.6%	6.5%
75 and over	0.0%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Clifty	Clarkson
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	83.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	7.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Clifty	Clarkson
No high school diploma	44.4%	22.8%
High school graduate	32.5%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	20.0%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	3.1%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Clifty	Clarkson
Drove alone	100.0%	86.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Clifty	Clarkson
1-unit, detached	75.7%	41.2%
1-unit, attached	9.5%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	14.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.2%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	26.8%

Poverty & households

	Big Clifty	Clarkson
Poverty rate	32.8%	39.6%
Average household size	2.42	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	35	23
Median year structure built	1979	1990