Dawson Springs vs Earlington

A side-by-side comparison of Dawson Springs and Earlington: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dawson Springs has the higher population (1,973 vs 1,113 in Earlington). Earlington has the higher median household income ($34,904 vs $31,607 in Dawson Springs). Dawson Springs has the higher median home value ($73,500 vs $64,400 in Earlington).

Population, income & housing

	Dawson Springs	Earlington
Population	1,973	1,113
Median age	44.3 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$31,607	$34,904
Median home value	$73,500	$64,400
Median gross rent	$546	$780
Housing units	1,015	622
Homeownership rate	59.3%	67.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.0%	9.2%
Unemployment rate	11.3%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dawson Springs	Earlington
Population	2,672 → 1,973 (-26.2%)	1,427 → 1,113 (-22.0%)
Median household income	$25,221 → $31,607 (+25.3%)	$41,429 → $34,904 (-15.7%)
Median home value	$62,500 → $73,500 (+17.6%)	$53,000 → $64,400 (+21.5%)
Median gross rent	$560 → $546 (-2.5%)	$747 → $780 (+4.4%)

Dawson Springs

Population

2,6721,973

Median household income

$25,221$31,607

Median home value

$62,500$73,500

Median gross rent

$560$546

Earlington

Population

1,4271,113

Median household income

$41,429$34,904

Median home value

$53,000$64,400

Median gross rent

$747$780

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dawson Springs	Earlington
Under 5	3.5%	5.1%
5 to 17	18.6%	22.5%
18 to 24	7.0%	8.9%
25 to 34	6.8%	14.1%
35 to 44	15.0%	11.8%
45 to 54	6.0%	12.0%
55 to 64	16.7%	14.1%
65 to 74	15.4%	8.8%
75 and over	10.9%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dawson Springs	Earlington
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	72.4%
Black or African American	0.2%	24.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dawson Springs	Earlington
No high school diploma	21.2%	15.7%
High school graduate	50.4%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.2%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dawson Springs	Earlington
Drove alone	87.7%	91.3%
Carpooled	5.0%	1.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	4.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dawson Springs	Earlington
1-unit, detached	67.1%	85.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.2%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	4.5%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Dawson Springs	Earlington
Poverty rate	26.9%	39.4%
Average household size	2.25	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	22	14
Median year structure built	1963	1954