Cleaton vs Drakesboro

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

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

Drakesboro has the higher population (586 vs 59 in Cleaton). Since 2019, Drakesboro's population has grown faster (+0.3% vs -66.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Cleaton	Drakesboro
Population	59	586
Median age	47.3 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$41,500
Median home value	—	$76,900
Median gross rent	—	$931
Housing units	45	217
Homeownership rate	100.0%	87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	4.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cleaton	Drakesboro
Population	175 → 59 (-66.3%)	584 → 586 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$13,952 → $13,789 (-1.2%)	$51,000 → $41,500 (-18.6%)
Median home value	—	$66,900 → $76,900 (+14.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$463 → $931 (+101.1%)

Cleaton

Population

17559

Median household income

$13,952$13,789

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)

	Cleaton	Drakesboro
Under 5	0.0%	8.0%
5 to 17	28.8%	16.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	11.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	6.3%
35 to 44	0.0%	10.6%
45 to 54	71.2%	20.5%
55 to 64	0.0%	14.8%
65 to 74	0.0%	8.5%
75 and over	0.0%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cleaton	Drakesboro
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	77.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	7.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	13.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cleaton	Drakesboro
No high school diploma	0.0%	18.6%
High school graduate	0.0%	53.3%
Some college or associate's	100.0%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	2.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cleaton	Drakesboro
Drove alone	100.0%	83.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cleaton	Drakesboro
1-unit, detached	100.0%	75.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	13.4%

Poverty & households

	Cleaton	Drakesboro
Poverty rate	0.0%	37.2%
Average household size	2.57	3.22
Mean commute (minutes)	—	24
Median year structure built	—	1969