Dawson Springs vs Madisonville

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

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

Madisonville has the higher population (19,442 vs 1,973 in Dawson Springs). Madisonville has the higher median household income ($56,902 vs $31,607 in Dawson Springs). Madisonville has the higher median home value ($152,300 vs $73,500 in Dawson Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Dawson Springs	Madisonville
Population	1,973	19,442
Median age	44.3 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$31,607	$56,902
Median home value	$73,500	$152,300
Median gross rent	$546	$860
Housing units	1,015	9,314
Homeownership rate	59.3%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.0%	22.3%
Unemployment rate	11.3%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dawson Springs	Madisonville
Population	2,672 → 1,973 (-26.2%)	18,936 → 19,442 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$25,221 → $31,607 (+25.3%)	$44,720 → $56,902 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$62,500 → $73,500 (+17.6%)	$125,000 → $152,300 (+21.8%)
Median gross rent	$560 → $546 (-2.5%)	$746 → $860 (+15.3%)

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

Madisonville

Population

18,93619,442

Median household income

$44,720$56,902

Median home value

$125,000$152,300

Median gross rent

$746$860

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dawson Springs	Madisonville
Under 5	3.5%	6.6%
5 to 17	18.6%	17.7%
18 to 24	7.0%	8.0%
25 to 34	6.8%	14.1%
35 to 44	15.0%	11.6%
45 to 54	6.0%	12.6%
55 to 64	16.7%	11.4%
65 to 74	15.4%	10.8%
75 and over	10.9%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dawson Springs	Madisonville
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	77.3%
Black or African American	0.2%	11.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dawson Springs	Madisonville
No high school diploma	21.2%	12.3%
High school graduate	50.4%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	3.2%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dawson Springs	Madisonville
Drove alone	87.7%	85.4%
Carpooled	5.0%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dawson Springs	Madisonville
1-unit, detached	67.1%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	13.2%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	7.1%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Dawson Springs	Madisonville
Poverty rate	26.9%	20.9%
Average household size	2.25	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1963	1975