Hodgenville vs Upton

A side-by-side comparison of Hodgenville and Upton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hodgenville has the higher population (3,262 vs 631 in Upton). Hodgenville has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $45,938 in Upton). Hodgenville has the higher median home value ($137,100 vs $131,300 in Upton).

Population, income & housing

	Hodgenville	Upton
Population	3,262	631
Median age	33.2 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	$45,938
Median home value	$137,100	$131,300
Median gross rent	$907	$809
Housing units	1,273	329
Homeownership rate	50.3%	68.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hodgenville	Upton
Population	3,212 → 3,262 (+1.6%)	700 → 631 (-9.9%)
Median household income	$31,314 → $58,750 (+87.6%)	$45,096 → $45,938 (+1.9%)
Median home value	$90,400 → $137,100 (+51.7%)	$96,300 → $131,300 (+36.3%)
Median gross rent	$580 → $907 (+56.4%)	$691 → $809 (+17.1%)

Hodgenville

Population

3,2123,262

Median household income

$31,314$58,750

Median home value

$90,400$137,100

Median gross rent

$580$907

Upton

Population

700631

Median household income

$45,096$45,938

Median home value

$96,300$131,300

Median gross rent

$691$809

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hodgenville	Upton
Under 5	10.6%	3.3%
5 to 17	18.3%	18.2%
18 to 24	9.7%	7.6%
25 to 34	14.2%	11.3%
35 to 44	14.9%	20.9%
45 to 54	8.7%	11.9%
55 to 64	10.6%	11.4%
65 to 74	7.0%	10.6%
75 and over	6.0%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hodgenville	Upton
White (non-Hispanic)	82.4%	88.1%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	4.9%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hodgenville	Upton
No high school diploma	13.1%	12.5%
High school graduate	27.6%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	14.5%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hodgenville	Upton
Drove alone	79.8%	82.6%
Carpooled	12.8%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hodgenville	Upton
1-unit, detached	79.1%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	11.9%

Poverty & households

	Hodgenville	Upton
Poverty rate	22.3%	16.7%
Average household size	2.74	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1968	1963