Caneyville vs Leitchfield

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

Caneyville 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 541 in Caneyville). Leitchfield has the higher median household income ($47,168 vs $25,938 in Caneyville). Leitchfield has the higher median home value ($156,700 vs $112,500 in Caneyville).

Population, income & housing

	Caneyville	Leitchfield
Population	541	6,434
Median age	37.4 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$25,938	$47,168
Median home value	$112,500	$156,700
Median gross rent	$661	$588
Housing units	283	2,812
Homeownership rate	62.7%	57.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caneyville	Leitchfield
Population	698 → 541 (-22.5%)	6,807 → 6,434 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$32,431 → $25,938 (-20.0%)	$31,221 → $47,168 (+51.1%)
Median home value	$96,400 → $112,500 (+16.7%)	$103,000 → $156,700 (+52.1%)
Median gross rent	$563 → $661 (+17.4%)	$559 → $588 (+5.2%)

Caneyville

Population

698541

Median household income

$32,431$25,938

Median home value

$96,400$112,500

Median gross rent

$563$661

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)

	Caneyville	Leitchfield
Under 5	5.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.8%	13.1%
18 to 24	9.6%	6.8%
25 to 34	11.1%	17.1%
35 to 44	22.6%	12.3%
45 to 54	7.8%	11.9%
55 to 64	10.2%	12.5%
65 to 74	10.2%	11.7%
75 and over	6.8%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caneyville	Leitchfield
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	95.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caneyville	Leitchfield
No high school diploma	12.9%	16.7%
High school graduate	40.7%	50.3%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	22.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caneyville	Leitchfield
Drove alone	70.2%	80.3%
Carpooled	23.5%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.3%	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)

	Caneyville	Leitchfield
1-unit, detached	64.7%	61.7%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	17.9%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	8.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	23.0%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Caneyville	Leitchfield
Poverty rate	22.4%	22.3%
Average household size	2.24	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	24	18
Median year structure built	1972	1978