Hardyville vs Horse Cave

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

Hardyville 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 104 in Hardyville). Hardyville has the higher median household income ($73,500 vs $51,927 in Horse Cave). Hardyville has the higher median home value ($131,600 vs $93,600 in Horse Cave).

Population, income & housing

	Hardyville	Horse Cave
Population	104	2,348
Median age	40.8 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$73,500	$51,927
Median home value	$131,600	$93,600
Median gross rent	—	$646
Housing units	114	1,229
Homeownership rate	88.2%	63.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.2%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hardyville	Horse Cave
Population	362 → 104 (-71.3%)	2,613 → 2,348 (-10.1%)
Median household income	—	$33,750 → $51,927 (+53.9%)
Median home value	$102,700 → $131,600 (+28.1%)	$82,900 → $93,600 (+12.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$393 → $646 (+64.4%)

Hardyville

Population

362104

Median home value

$102,700$131,600

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)

	Hardyville	Horse Cave
Under 5	0.0%	3.9%
5 to 17	18.3%	13.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	14.0%
35 to 44	39.4%	11.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	13.2%
55 to 64	18.3%	17.4%
65 to 74	24.0%	12.6%
75 and over	0.0%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hardyville	Horse Cave
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	70.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hardyville	Horse Cave
No high school diploma	0.0%	15.9%
High school graduate	29.4%	51.2%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	37.6%	4.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hardyville	Horse Cave
Drove alone	78.0%	84.5%
Carpooled	22.0%	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)

	Hardyville	Horse Cave
1-unit, detached	100.0%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Hardyville	Horse Cave
Poverty rate	0.0%	27.2%
Average household size	1.37	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	—	17
Median year structure built	1955	1969