Central City vs Powderly

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

Central City and Powderly 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 999 in Powderly). Powderly has the higher median household income ($49,653 vs $49,025 in Central City). Central City has the higher median home value ($140,700 vs $99,400 in Powderly).

Population, income & housing

	Central City	Powderly
Population	5,736	999
Median age	36.0 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,025	$49,653
Median home value	$140,700	$99,400
Median gross rent	$755	$764
Housing units	2,186	474
Homeownership rate	66.1%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.6%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Central City	Powderly
Population	5,808 → 5,736 (-1.2%)	873 → 999 (+14.4%)
Median household income	$42,400 → $49,025 (+15.6%)	$38,355 → $49,653 (+29.5%)
Median home value	$129,700 → $140,700 (+8.5%)	$85,100 → $99,400 (+16.8%)
Median gross rent	$629 → $755 (+20.0%)	$664 → $764 (+15.1%)

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

Powderly

Population

873999

Median household income

$38,355$49,653

Median home value

$85,100$99,400

Median gross rent

$664$764

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Central City	Powderly
Under 5	8.9%	4.7%
5 to 17	16.8%	27.8%
18 to 24	8.9%	3.0%
25 to 34	12.8%	6.9%
35 to 44	16.8%	14.0%
45 to 54	11.5%	10.6%
55 to 64	10.6%	11.8%
65 to 74	8.5%	12.5%
75 and over	5.1%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Central City	Powderly
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	86.8%
Black or African American	4.1%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
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%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Central City	Powderly
No high school diploma	17.7%	18.0%
High school graduate	35.1%	48.4%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	3.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Central City	Powderly
Drove alone	93.0%	71.1%
Carpooled	2.9%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.6%
Other means	2.4%	11.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Central City	Powderly
1-unit, detached	71.1%	70.3%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	3.2%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.3%	25.3%

Poverty & households

	Central City	Powderly
Poverty rate	24.7%	15.2%
Average household size	2.70	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	20	17
Median year structure built	1974	1975