Hollow Creek vs Poplar Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Hollow Creek and Poplar Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

Hollow Creek and Poplar Hills are places in Kentucky. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hollow Creek has the higher population (644 vs 623 in Poplar Hills). Hollow Creek has the higher median household income ($90,938 vs $23,958 in Poplar Hills). Since 2019, Poplar Hills's population has grown faster (+41.9% vs -23.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Hollow Creek	Poplar Hills
Population	644	623
Median age	51.3 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$90,938	$23,958
Median home value	$250,600	—
Median gross rent	—	$705
Housing units	256	392
Homeownership rate	95.6%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.0%	11.1%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hollow Creek	Poplar Hills
Population	845 → 644 (-23.8%)	439 → 623 (+41.9%)
Median household income	$93,214 → $90,938 (-2.4%)	$25,580 → $23,958 (-6.3%)
Median home value	$190,300 → $250,600 (+31.7%)	—
Median gross rent	—	$681 → $705 (+3.5%)

Hollow Creek

Population

845644

Median household income

$93,214$90,938

Median home value

$190,300$250,600

Poplar Hills

Population

439623

Median household income

$25,580$23,958

Median gross rent

$681$705

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hollow Creek	Poplar Hills
Under 5	4.8%	15.9%
5 to 17	15.2%	6.4%
18 to 24	6.4%	5.5%
25 to 34	8.5%	13.2%
35 to 44	8.7%	17.7%
45 to 54	10.4%	24.7%
55 to 64	18.8%	11.4%
65 to 74	14.0%	5.0%
75 and over	13.2%	0.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hollow Creek	Poplar Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	81.2%	2.1%
Black or African American	7.3%	21.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	76.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hollow Creek	Poplar Hills
No high school diploma	1.5%	20.4%
High school graduate	31.4%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hollow Creek	Poplar Hills
Drove alone	85.6%	54.5%
Carpooled	2.2%	16.2%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	21.8%
Other means	1.3%	7.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hollow Creek	Poplar Hills
1-unit, detached	99.2%	1.8%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	24.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	55.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	16.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Hollow Creek	Poplar Hills
Poverty rate	1.4%	38.8%
Average household size	2.59	1.71
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1967	1972