Dawson Springs vs Nortonville

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

Dawson Springs and Nortonville 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 949 in Nortonville). Nortonville has the higher median household income ($47,946 vs $31,607 in Dawson Springs). Dawson Springs has the higher median home value ($73,500 vs $66,800 in Nortonville).

Population, income & housing

	Dawson Springs	Nortonville
Population	1,973	949
Median age	44.3 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$31,607	$47,946
Median home value	$73,500	$66,800
Median gross rent	$546	$821
Housing units	1,015	480
Homeownership rate	59.3%	68.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.0%	7.2%
Unemployment rate	11.3%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dawson Springs	Nortonville
Population	2,672 → 1,973 (-26.2%)	943 → 949 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$25,221 → $31,607 (+25.3%)	$33,529 → $47,946 (+43.0%)
Median home value	$62,500 → $73,500 (+17.6%)	$63,400 → $66,800 (+5.4%)
Median gross rent	$560 → $546 (-2.5%)	$600 → $821 (+36.8%)

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

Nortonville

Population

943949

Median household income

$33,529$47,946

Median home value

$63,400$66,800

Median gross rent

$600$821

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dawson Springs	Nortonville
Under 5	3.5%	1.1%
5 to 17	18.6%	21.7%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.1%
25 to 34	6.8%	6.8%
35 to 44	15.0%	18.9%
45 to 54	6.0%	11.4%
55 to 64	16.7%	18.4%
65 to 74	15.4%	9.7%
75 and over	10.9%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dawson Springs	Nortonville
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	86.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	10.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dawson Springs	Nortonville
No high school diploma	21.2%	11.4%
High school graduate	50.4%	42.2%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	3.2%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dawson Springs	Nortonville
Drove alone	87.7%	93.2%
Carpooled	5.0%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dawson Springs	Nortonville
1-unit, detached	67.1%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.2%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	2.3%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	17.5%

Poverty & households

	Dawson Springs	Nortonville
Poverty rate	26.9%	19.8%
Average household size	2.25	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1963	1969