Drakesboro vs Powderly

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

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

Powderly has the higher population (999 vs 586 in Drakesboro). Powderly has the higher median household income ($49,653 vs $41,500 in Drakesboro). Powderly has the higher median home value ($99,400 vs $76,900 in Drakesboro).

Population, income & housing

	Drakesboro	Powderly
Population	586	999
Median age	42.2 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$41,500	$49,653
Median home value	$76,900	$99,400
Median gross rent	$931	$764
Housing units	217	474
Homeownership rate	87.9%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.2%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Drakesboro	Powderly
Population	584 → 586 (+0.3%)	873 → 999 (+14.4%)
Median household income	$51,000 → $41,500 (-18.6%)	$38,355 → $49,653 (+29.5%)
Median home value	$66,900 → $76,900 (+14.9%)	$85,100 → $99,400 (+16.8%)
Median gross rent	$463 → $931 (+101.1%)	$664 → $764 (+15.1%)

Drakesboro

Population

584586

Median household income

$51,000$41,500

Median home value

$66,900$76,900

Median gross rent

$463$931

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)

	Drakesboro	Powderly
Under 5	8.0%	4.7%
5 to 17	16.4%	27.8%
18 to 24	11.3%	3.0%
25 to 34	6.3%	6.9%
35 to 44	10.6%	14.0%
45 to 54	20.5%	10.6%
55 to 64	14.8%	11.8%
65 to 74	8.5%	12.5%
75 and over	3.6%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Drakesboro	Powderly
White (non-Hispanic)	77.1%	86.8%
Black or African American	7.8%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	13.5%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Drakesboro	Powderly
No high school diploma	18.6%	18.0%
High school graduate	53.3%	48.4%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	2.7%	3.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Drakesboro	Powderly
Drove alone	83.6%	71.1%
Carpooled	11.6%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	6.6%
Other means	0.0%	11.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Drakesboro	Powderly
1-unit, detached	75.1%	70.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	3.2%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.4%	25.3%

Poverty & households

	Drakesboro	Powderly
Poverty rate	37.2%	15.2%
Average household size	3.22	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	24	17
Median year structure built	1969	1975