Big Clifty vs Leitchfield

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

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

Leitchfield has the higher population (6,434 vs 302 in Big Clifty). Leitchfield has the higher median home value ($156,700 vs $103,600 in Big Clifty). Since 2019, Leitchfield's population has grown faster (-5.5% vs -12.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Big Clifty	Leitchfield
Population	302	6,434
Median age	27.0 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$47,168
Median home value	$103,600	$156,700
Median gross rent	$776	$588
Housing units	189	2,812
Homeownership rate	70.4%	57.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.1%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	12.1%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Clifty	Leitchfield
Population	343 → 302 (-12.0%)	6,807 → 6,434 (-5.5%)
Median household income	—	$31,221 → $47,168 (+51.1%)
Median home value	$88,000 → $103,600 (+17.7%)	$103,000 → $156,700 (+52.1%)
Median gross rent	$731 → $776 (+6.2%)	$559 → $588 (+5.2%)

Big Clifty

Population

343302

Median home value

$88,000$103,600

Median gross rent

$731$776

Leitchfield

Population

6,8076,434

Median household income

$31,221$47,168

Median home value

$103,000$156,700

Median gross rent

$559$588

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Clifty	Leitchfield
Under 5	4.3%	5.6%
5 to 17	23.5%	13.1%
18 to 24	19.2%	6.8%
25 to 34	7.9%	17.1%
35 to 44	20.2%	12.3%
45 to 54	1.7%	11.9%
55 to 64	6.6%	12.5%
65 to 74	16.6%	11.7%
75 and over	0.0%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Clifty	Leitchfield
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	95.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
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%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Clifty	Leitchfield
No high school diploma	44.4%	16.7%
High school graduate	32.5%	50.3%
Some college or associate's	20.0%	22.1%
Bachelor's degree	3.1%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Clifty	Leitchfield
Drove alone	100.0%	80.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Clifty	Leitchfield
1-unit, detached	75.7%	61.7%
1-unit, attached	9.5%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	17.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Big Clifty	Leitchfield
Poverty rate	32.8%	22.3%
Average household size	2.42	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	35	18
Median year structure built	1979	1978