Drakesboro vs Greenville

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

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

Greenville has the higher population (4,435 vs 586 in Drakesboro). Greenville has the higher median household income ($70,401 vs $41,500 in Drakesboro). Greenville has the higher median home value ($118,500 vs $76,900 in Drakesboro).

Population, income & housing

	Drakesboro	Greenville
Population	586	4,435
Median age	42.2 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$41,500	$70,401
Median home value	$76,900	$118,500
Median gross rent	$931	$666
Housing units	217	2,062
Homeownership rate	87.9%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.2%	24.6%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Drakesboro	Greenville
Population	584 → 586 (+0.3%)	4,281 → 4,435 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$51,000 → $41,500 (-18.6%)	$31,454 → $70,401 (+123.8%)
Median home value	$66,900 → $76,900 (+14.9%)	$126,000 → $118,500 (-6.0%)
Median gross rent	$463 → $931 (+101.1%)	$514 → $666 (+29.6%)

Drakesboro

Population

584586

Median household income

$51,000$41,500

Median home value

$66,900$76,900

Median gross rent

$463$931

Greenville

Population

4,2814,435

Median household income

$31,454$70,401

Median home value

$126,000$118,500

Median gross rent

$514$666

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Drakesboro	Greenville
Under 5	8.0%	3.0%
5 to 17	16.4%	18.7%
18 to 24	11.3%	3.4%
25 to 34	6.3%	13.4%
35 to 44	10.6%	15.6%
45 to 54	20.5%	13.3%
55 to 64	14.8%	11.6%
65 to 74	8.5%	9.9%
75 and over	3.6%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Drakesboro	Greenville
White (non-Hispanic)	77.1%	80.7%
Black or African American	7.8%	5.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	13.5%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Drakesboro	Greenville
No high school diploma	18.6%	11.0%
High school graduate	53.3%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	2.7%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Drakesboro	Greenville
Drove alone	83.6%	95.7%
Carpooled	11.6%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	0.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Drakesboro	Greenville
1-unit, detached	75.1%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	10.7%
20 or more units	2.3%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	13.4%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Drakesboro	Greenville
Poverty rate	37.2%	15.7%
Average household size	3.22	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1969	1970