Centertown vs Fordsville

A side-by-side comparison of Centertown and Fordsville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fordsville has the higher population (488 vs 347 in Centertown). Centertown has the higher median household income ($46,875 vs $33,750 in Fordsville). Centertown has the higher median home value ($91,800 vs $50,000 in Fordsville).

Population, income & housing

	Centertown	Fordsville
Population	347	488
Median age	39.5 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$46,875	$33,750
Median home value	$91,800	$50,000
Median gross rent	$919	$438
Housing units	136	196
Homeownership rate	75.8%	65.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.9%	7.0%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centertown	Fordsville
Population	507 → 347 (-31.6%)	552 → 488 (-11.6%)
Median household income	$42,917 → $46,875 (+9.2%)	$33,625 → $33,750 (+0.4%)
Median home value	$75,300 → $91,800 (+21.9%)	$57,900 → $50,000 (-13.6%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $919 (+36.1%)	$528 → $438 (-17.0%)

Centertown

Population

507347

Median household income

$42,917$46,875

Median home value

$75,300$91,800

Median gross rent

$675$919

Fordsville

Population

552488

Median household income

$33,625$33,750

Median home value

$57,900$50,000

Median gross rent

$528$438

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centertown	Fordsville
Under 5	9.8%	2.7%
5 to 17	17.6%	6.4%
18 to 24	3.7%	32.2%
25 to 34	13.0%	8.8%
35 to 44	16.7%	7.0%
45 to 54	7.8%	8.8%
55 to 64	10.4%	11.5%
65 to 74	11.8%	15.0%
75 and over	9.2%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centertown	Fordsville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	67.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	30.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.9%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centertown	Fordsville
No high school diploma	16.7%	20.2%
High school graduate	51.5%	43.9%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centertown	Fordsville
Drove alone	88.0%	89.3%
Carpooled	6.0%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centertown	Fordsville
1-unit, detached	76.5%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.8%	30.1%

Poverty & households

	Centertown	Fordsville
Poverty rate	31.2%	20.3%
Average household size	2.71	3.16
Mean commute (minutes)	34	29
Median year structure built	1973	1977