Crab Orchard vs Hustonville

A side-by-side comparison of Crab Orchard and Hustonville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Crab Orchard has the higher population (762 vs 600 in Hustonville). Hustonville has the higher median household income ($40,625 vs $31,397 in Crab Orchard). Hustonville has the higher median home value ($121,600 vs $97,700 in Crab Orchard).

Population, income & housing

	Crab Orchard	Hustonville
Population	762	600
Median age	38.4 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$31,397	$40,625
Median home value	$97,700	$121,600
Median gross rent	$613	$358
Housing units	428	316
Homeownership rate	58.4%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.1%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	19.4%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crab Orchard	Hustonville
Population	813 → 762 (-6.3%)	561 → 600 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$25,833 → $31,397 (+21.5%)	$39,643 → $40,625 (+2.5%)
Median home value	$71,700 → $97,700 (+36.3%)	$107,100 → $121,600 (+13.5%)
Median gross rent	$398 → $613 (+54.0%)	$804 → $358 (-55.5%)

Crab Orchard

Population

813762

Median household income

$25,833$31,397

Median home value

$71,700$97,700

Median gross rent

$398$613

Hustonville

Population

561600

Median household income

$39,643$40,625

Median home value

$107,100$121,600

Median gross rent

$804$358

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crab Orchard	Hustonville
Under 5	6.7%	3.0%
5 to 17	15.5%	8.2%
18 to 24	11.0%	18.0%
25 to 34	10.6%	6.3%
35 to 44	15.4%	15.0%
45 to 54	14.8%	9.8%
55 to 64	9.8%	15.5%
65 to 74	8.9%	17.0%
75 and over	7.2%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crab Orchard	Hustonville
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	88.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	6.7%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crab Orchard	Hustonville
No high school diploma	21.4%	21.6%
High school graduate	42.6%	47.3%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	3.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crab Orchard	Hustonville
Drove alone	81.0%	62.4%
Carpooled	13.9%	23.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	11.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crab Orchard	Hustonville
1-unit, detached	77.3%	80.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	11.0%	5.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	Crab Orchard	Hustonville
Poverty rate	31.2%	24.0%
Average household size	2.32	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	31	47
Median year structure built	1972	1966