2024 Compare Cities Economy:
Glasgow, KY vs Hopkinsville, KY

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Highlights
- Household income in Hopkinsville, is 5% more than it is in Glasgow and is 71% below the National Average.
- Glasgow unemployment rate is 5.7%.
- Hopkinsville unemployment rate is 5.8%.
 Glasgow, KYHopkinsville, KYUnited States
 Unemployment Rate5.7%5.8%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth0.9%1.8%1.6%
 Future Job Growth36.2%29.2%33.5%
 Sales Taxes6.0%6.0%6.2%
 Income Taxes6.5%5.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$25,467$24,071$37,638
 Household Income$38,669$40,442$69,021
 Family Median Income$45,400$51,938$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Glasgow, KYHopkinsville, KYUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K21.2%19.5%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K6.2%5.3%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K11.7%14.2%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K12.0%10.5%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K11.3%9.0%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K7.8%9.0%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K6.9%9.9%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K8.9%9.1%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K8.6%8.9%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K2.8%1.6%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K2.7%3.0%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Glasgow, KYHopkinsville, KYUnited States
 Management, business, finance12.2%10.6%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science4.3%2.7%6.5%
 Community, social services2.1%2.6%1.8%
 Legal1.4%0.6%1.2%
 Education, library5.8%5.9%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment0.0%1.7%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology8.0%4.9%6.2%
 Healthcare support2.6%3.9%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement0.8%3.1%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving4.5%3.5%5.4%
 Building maintenance3.8%5.5%3.6%
 Personal care2.2%1.8%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support18.1%25.7%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.4%0.6%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair10.5%5.4%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving23.2%21.5%13.1%
Reviews for Glasgow    2 Reviews

Retired here 2 years ago from Michigan. Less winter but still a lot of gloomy grey days with rain. Had a new house built only to find a very poor work ethic here. It's  More

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Over 10 years ago

I live here in Glasgow all my life and we do have few bad apples in our city but I cannot say that everyone is like that. I am not like that at all and I know there are  More

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Reviews for Hopkinsville    3 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Lived on the west side of town not far from the 68 bypass for about four years. Excellent neighborhood with great neighbors. Really, they were the best neighbors we  More

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Over 6 years ago

I've lived in this place for about 3 years. I can truly say this place is "meh". I'm from a smaller town in MS. and I have to say this place is very errie similar to  More

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Over 17 years ago

On any given week-end there is more to do in Hopkinsville, Kentucky than my husband and I time to do. You must be aware of the events, go on line, read the local paper,  More

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