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Population (year 2000): 627. Estimated
population in July 2005: 625 (-0.3% change)
Males: 290 (46.3%), Females: 337 (53.7%)
Muhlenberg County
Zip code:
42337
Median resident age: 33.9 years
Median household income: $17,875 (year 2000)
Median house value: $36,800 (year 2000)
Races in Drakesboro:
- White Non-Hispanic (89.0%)
- Black (9.7%)
Ancestries: United States (34.0%), Irish (7.3%),
English (5.7%), German (3.2%), Dutch (1.4%), French (1.1%).
Land area: 0.5 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Drakesboro
- High school or higher: 61.4%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 6.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.6%
- Unemployed: 7.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 24.2 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Drakesboro city
- Never married: 21.0%
- Now married: 48.3%
- Separated: 1.9%
- Widowed: 15.2%
- Divorced: 13.6%
0.0% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +65 (+11.6%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Drakesboro:
- MUHLENBERG COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 10 miles;
GREENVILLE, KY)
- OHIO CO HOSP (about 21 miles; HARTFORD, KY)
- LOGAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 28 miles;
RUSSELLVILLE, KY)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Drakesboro:
- OWENSBORO-DAVIESS COUNTY (about 37 miles; OWENSBORO,
KY; ID: OWB)
- BOWLING GREEN-WARREN COUNTY RGNL (about 48 miles;
BOWLING GREEN, KY; ID: BWG)
- CAMPBELL AAF (about 49 miles; FORT
CAMPBELL/HOPKINSVILLE, KY; ID: HOP)
Other public-use airports nearest to Drakesboro:
- MUHLENBERG COUNTY (about 7 miles; GREENVILLE, KY;
ID: M21)
- OHIO COUNTY (about 22 miles; HARTFORD, KY; ID: 7K4)
- MADISONVILLE MUNI (about 25 miles; MADISONVILLE, KY;
ID: 2I0)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Drakesboro:
- WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY (about 44 miles; BOWLING
GREEN, KY; Full-time enrollment: 12,806)
- AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITY (about 52 miles;
CLARKSVILLE, TN; FT enrollment: 5,744)
- TRINITY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY-TRINITY COLLEGE (about
56 miles; NEWBURGH, IN; FT enrollment: 2,986)
- UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE (about 62 miles;
EVANSVILLE, IN; FT enrollment: 2,440)
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA (about 66 miles;
EVANSVILLE, IN; FT enrollment: 7,510)
- VOLUNTEER STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 71 miles;
GALLATIN, TN; FT enrollment: 4,215)
- VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY (about 74 miles; NASHVILLE,
TN; FT enrollment: 9,823)
Public primary/middle school in Drakesboro:
- DRAKESBORO CONSOLIDATED ELEM SCHOOL
(Students: 231; Location: 325 CARDINAL DR; Grades: PK -
05)
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