Bonnieville vs Horse Cave

A side-by-side comparison of Bonnieville and Horse Cave: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Horse Cave has the higher population (2,348 vs 287 in Bonnieville). Horse Cave has the higher median household income ($51,927 vs $35,625 in Bonnieville). Horse Cave has the higher median home value ($93,600 vs $89,000 in Bonnieville).

Population, income & housing

	Bonnieville	Horse Cave
Population	287	2,348
Median age	27.9 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$35,625	$51,927
Median home value	$89,000	$93,600
Median gross rent	—	$646
Housing units	141	1,229
Homeownership rate	67.8%	63.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.8%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bonnieville	Horse Cave
Population	197 → 287 (+45.7%)	2,613 → 2,348 (-10.1%)
Median household income	$24,125 → $35,625 (+47.7%)	$33,750 → $51,927 (+53.9%)
Median home value	$59,400 → $89,000 (+49.8%)	$82,900 → $93,600 (+12.9%)
Median gross rent	$640 → $650 (+1.6%)	$393 → $646 (+64.4%)

Bonnieville

Population

197287

Median household income

$24,125$35,625

Median home value

$59,400$89,000

Median gross rent

$640$650

Horse Cave

Population

2,6132,348

Median household income

$33,750$51,927

Median home value

$82,900$93,600

Median gross rent

$393$646

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bonnieville	Horse Cave
Under 5	7.3%	3.9%
5 to 17	36.9%	13.9%
18 to 24	1.4%	4.9%
25 to 34	6.6%	14.0%
35 to 44	6.3%	11.0%
45 to 54	14.3%	13.2%
55 to 64	16.0%	17.4%
65 to 74	7.7%	12.6%
75 and over	3.5%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bonnieville	Horse Cave
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	70.2%
Black or African American	4.2%	22.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bonnieville	Horse Cave
No high school diploma	24.4%	15.9%
High school graduate	49.4%	51.2%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	1.9%	4.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bonnieville	Horse Cave
Drove alone	93.3%	84.5%
Carpooled	6.7%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bonnieville	Horse Cave
1-unit, detached	86.5%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	14.4%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	7.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Bonnieville	Horse Cave
Poverty rate	49.4%	27.2%
Average household size	3.19	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	28	17
Median year structure built	1958	1969