Population
1,264 residents
Census ACS 2023 - Kentucky
City profile · Kentucky · Census ACS 2023
Population, income, housing, safety, climate and schools for Cloverport - drawn straight from Census ACS, FBI UCR, NOAA, NCES, HUD and FEMA, refreshed on the 2024–2025 release cycle.
Cloverport - the verdict
Nationally, Cloverport sits in the 4th percentile for household income and the 98th percentile for safety among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 1,264 residents in Cloverport, a small town within Kentucky. Cloverport households earn a median of $34,688 annually, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 30.9%. Home values in Cloverport run a median of $84,800, and the median resident age is 44.4 years. Educational attainment runs 5.0% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 38.2% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 0 residential building permits were authorized in Cloverport (No Permits), down 100% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data. Cloverport reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR figures show 87.2 crimes per 100,000 residents, below the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score).
Living costs in Kentucky run below the national norm: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Kentucky at 90.2 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Well Below Average). A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,016 per month statewide. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Kentucky's average monthly utility costs around $225 (state average). FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 28.8 out of 100 (Very Low).
Population
1,264 residents
Census ACS 2023 - Kentucky
Median Household Income
$34,688 /yr
Poverty 30.9%
Cost of Living Index (state)
90.2 (US=100)
Well Below Average - BEA RPP 2024, Kentucky average
Here's how Cloverport stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
A national percentile can hide a lot of local variation: narrowed to Kentucky alone, Cloverport ranks #14 of 181 Kentucky cities by lowest crime rate - a different, more locally useful comparison than stacking it against the entire country.
For each metric we count every US city with population 1,000+ and a non-null value, then compute what share of them fall below Cloverport's value: round(cities-below ÷ total × 100). Safety is inverted (percentile = share of cities with a higher crime rate) so a higher number always means safer. The in-state rank narrows that same crime-rate comparison to only the cities PlainCities tracks in Kentucky, breaking ties alphabetically. See the methodology page for the full source-to-figure lineage.
4th percentile nationally for median household income · 98th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
How Cloverport's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$84,800 Among the most affordable more affordable than 95% of 15,600 US cities
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
| Year | Total |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 |
Permit volume decreased 100% from 2019 to 2024.
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Based on 379 workers 16 and over.
State-average estimates for Kentucky - EIA 2023 residential energy data
Estimates reflect Kentucky state averages. Actual costs vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Cost of living is a Kentucky state average from BEA; rent and hazard risk are county-level figures from HUD and FEMA for the county Cloverport sits in
Population-matched peers from other states, closest to Cloverport's 1,264 residents (Census ACS 5-Year 2023).
Median-household-income-matched peers from other states, closest to Cloverport's $34,688 (Census ACS 5-Year 2023, table B19013).
City-level race and ethnicity, Census ACS 5-year 2023 (tables B02001, B03001), OMB Directive 15 categories.
Population + median household income, sourced from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 (population) and B19013 (median household income).
| City | Population | Median Household Income |
|---|---|---|
| Cloverport (this city) | 1,264 | $34,688 |
| Hebron Estates | 1,262 | $57,375 |
| Coldstream | 1,269 | $96,417 |
| Wurtland | 1,257 | $56,250 |
Cloverport, KY has a population of 1,264 according to U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates.
Median annual household income in Cloverport runs $34,688, based on Census ACS 2023 data.
BEA does not publish a city-level cost-of-living figure for Cloverport; the closest available measure is the Kentucky state average, a cost of living index of 90.2 (U.S. average = 100), rated "Well Below Average" based on BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 data. Costs within Kentucky vary by metro area.
Cloverport has a total crime rate of 87.2 per 100,000 residents, which is below the national average. This reflects incidents reported to the FBI UCR program, not a definitive safety score -- agency reporting is voluntary and completeness varies by jurisdiction.
Cloverport's median home value sits at $84,800, according to Census ACS 2023 estimates.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Primary sources: Census ACS, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES.
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