Hawesville vs Lewisport

A side-by-side comparison of Hawesville and Lewisport: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lewisport has the higher population (2,053 vs 1,221 in Hawesville). Hawesville has the higher median household income ($51,898 vs $51,847 in Lewisport). Hawesville has the higher median home value ($151,100 vs $125,300 in Lewisport).

Population, income & housing

	Hawesville	Lewisport
Population	1,221	2,053
Median age	31.3 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$51,898	$51,847
Median home value	$151,100	$125,300
Median gross rent	$703	$757
Housing units	594	862
Homeownership rate	60.4%	60.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hawesville	Lewisport
Population	872 → 1,221 (+40.0%)	1,898 → 2,053 (+8.2%)
Median household income	$46,211 → $51,898 (+12.3%)	$47,344 → $51,847 (+9.5%)
Median home value	$98,800 → $151,100 (+52.9%)	$82,000 → $125,300 (+52.8%)
Median gross rent	$556 → $703 (+26.4%)	$596 → $757 (+27.0%)

Hawesville

Population

8721,221

Median household income

$46,211$51,898

Median home value

$98,800$151,100

Median gross rent

$556$703

Lewisport

Population

1,8982,053

Median household income

$47,344$51,847

Median home value

$82,000$125,300

Median gross rent

$596$757

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hawesville	Lewisport
Under 5	6.7%	5.1%
5 to 17	14.3%	21.8%
18 to 24	13.6%	10.4%
25 to 34	20.2%	13.6%
35 to 44	13.3%	12.0%
45 to 54	5.5%	8.9%
55 to 64	10.2%	12.6%
65 to 74	9.2%	6.3%
75 and over	7.0%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hawesville	Lewisport
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	88.9%
Black or African American	4.7%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.6%
Two or more races	3.5%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hawesville	Lewisport
No high school diploma	20.9%	11.6%
High school graduate	33.5%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hawesville	Lewisport
Drove alone	87.8%	83.9%
Carpooled	8.0%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	4.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hawesville	Lewisport
1-unit, detached	65.7%	64.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	12.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	15.5%	11.6%

Poverty & households

	Hawesville	Lewisport
Poverty rate	27.9%	21.9%
Average household size	2.25	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	18	26
Median year structure built	1975	1976