Horse Cave vs Munfordville

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

Horse Cave and Munfordville 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 1,792 in Munfordville). Horse Cave has the higher median household income ($51,927 vs $23,879 in Munfordville). Munfordville has the higher median home value ($107,800 vs $93,600 in Horse Cave).

Population, income & housing

	Horse Cave	Munfordville
Population	2,348	1,792
Median age	47.1 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$51,927	$23,879
Median home value	$93,600	$107,800
Median gross rent	$646	$602
Housing units	1,229	850
Homeownership rate	63.9%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	9.2%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Horse Cave	Munfordville
Population	2,613 → 2,348 (-10.1%)	1,615 → 1,792 (+11.0%)
Median household income	$33,750 → $51,927 (+53.9%)	$28,281 → $23,879 (-15.6%)
Median home value	$82,900 → $93,600 (+12.9%)	$76,400 → $107,800 (+41.1%)
Median gross rent	$393 → $646 (+64.4%)	$468 → $602 (+28.6%)

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

Munfordville

Population

1,6151,792

Median household income

$28,281$23,879

Median home value

$76,400$107,800

Median gross rent

$468$602

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Horse Cave	Munfordville
Under 5	3.9%	5.4%
5 to 17	13.9%	14.7%
18 to 24	4.9%	8.9%
25 to 34	14.0%	15.3%
35 to 44	11.0%	15.2%
45 to 54	13.2%	10.2%
55 to 64	17.4%	14.7%
65 to 74	12.6%	7.9%
75 and over	9.2%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Horse Cave	Munfordville
White (non-Hispanic)	70.2%	80.0%
Black or African American	22.1%	10.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.8%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Horse Cave	Munfordville
No high school diploma	15.9%	24.2%
High school graduate	51.2%	44.8%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	21.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.8%	5.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Horse Cave	Munfordville
Drove alone	84.5%	72.3%
Carpooled	6.4%	18.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	2.1%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	7.3%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Horse Cave	Munfordville
1-unit, detached	69.2%	51.8%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	21.1%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	16.1%
20 or more units	1.4%	9.2%
Mobile home & other	7.6%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Horse Cave	Munfordville
Poverty rate	27.2%	39.5%
Average household size	2.13	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	17	18
Median year structure built	1969	1975