Clinton County vs Hancock County

A side-by-side comparison of Clinton County and Hancock County: population, income, housing, and more.

Clinton County and Hancock County are counties in Kentucky. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Clinton County has the higher population (9,240 vs 9,032 in Hancock County). Hancock County has the higher median household income ($66,836 vs $42,168 in Clinton County). Hancock County has the higher median home value ($137,600 vs $114,000 in Clinton County).

Population, income & housing

	Clinton County	Hancock County
Population	9,240	9,032
Median age	42.5 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$42,168	$66,836
Median home value	$114,000	$137,600
Median gross rent	$629	$752
Housing units	4,864	3,911
Homeownership rate	72.5%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clinton County	Hancock County
Population	10,193 → 9,240 (-9.3%)	8,720 → 9,032 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$32,184 → $42,168 (+31.0%)	$57,217 → $66,836 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$72,800 → $114,000 (+56.6%)	$112,300 → $137,600 (+22.5%)
Median gross rent	$472 → $629 (+33.3%)	$656 → $752 (+14.6%)

Clinton County

Population

10,1939,240

Median household income

$32,184$42,168

Median home value

$72,800$114,000

Median gross rent

$472$629

Hancock County

Population

8,7209,032

Median household income

$57,217$66,836

Median home value

$112,300$137,600

Median gross rent

$656$752

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clinton County	Hancock County
Under 5	5.7%	5.8%
5 to 17	15.8%	18.5%
18 to 24	7.4%	7.7%
25 to 34	11.6%	11.0%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.8%
45 to 54	12.9%	13.2%
55 to 64	14.6%	13.9%
65 to 74	12.0%	10.5%
75 and over	8.2%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clinton County	Hancock County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	94.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clinton County	Hancock County
No high school diploma	20.8%	13.4%
High school graduate	38.7%	39.9%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clinton County	Hancock County
Drove alone	83.7%	85.3%
Carpooled	8.8%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	3.1%
Other means	0.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clinton County	Hancock County
1-unit, detached	70.2%	68.3%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	5.4%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	24.5%	22.2%

Poverty & households

	Clinton County	Hancock County
Poverty rate	18.4%	15.9%
Average household size	2.42	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1982	1982