Central City vs Drakesboro

A side-by-side comparison of Central City and Drakesboro: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Central City has the higher population (5,736 vs 586 in Drakesboro). Central City has the higher median household income ($49,025 vs $41,500 in Drakesboro). Central City has the higher median home value ($140,700 vs $76,900 in Drakesboro).

Population, income & housing

	Central City	Drakesboro
Population	5,736	586
Median age	36.0 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$49,025	$41,500
Median home value	$140,700	$76,900
Median gross rent	$755	$931
Housing units	2,186	217
Homeownership rate	66.1%	87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.6%	4.2%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Central City	Drakesboro
Population	5,808 → 5,736 (-1.2%)	584 → 586 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$42,400 → $49,025 (+15.6%)	$51,000 → $41,500 (-18.6%)
Median home value	$129,700 → $140,700 (+8.5%)	$66,900 → $76,900 (+14.9%)
Median gross rent	$629 → $755 (+20.0%)	$463 → $931 (+101.1%)

Central City

Population

5,8085,736

Median household income

$42,400$49,025

Median home value

$129,700$140,700

Median gross rent

$629$755

Drakesboro

Population

584586

Median household income

$51,000$41,500

Median home value

$66,900$76,900

Median gross rent

$463$931

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Central City	Drakesboro
Under 5	8.9%	8.0%
5 to 17	16.8%	16.4%
18 to 24	8.9%	11.3%
25 to 34	12.8%	6.3%
35 to 44	16.8%	10.6%
45 to 54	11.5%	20.5%
55 to 64	10.6%	14.8%
65 to 74	8.5%	8.5%
75 and over	5.1%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Central City	Drakesboro
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	77.1%
Black or African American	4.1%	7.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.9%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	13.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Central City	Drakesboro
No high school diploma	17.7%	18.6%
High school graduate	35.1%	53.3%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	2.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Central City	Drakesboro
Drove alone	93.0%	83.6%
Carpooled	2.9%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.7%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Central City	Drakesboro
1-unit, detached	71.1%	75.1%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	3.2%
20 or more units	1.7%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	14.3%	13.4%

Poverty & households

	Central City	Drakesboro
Poverty rate	24.7%	37.2%
Average household size	2.70	3.22
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1974	1969