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Shelby County, KY

48,599 Population
379.8 square miles 128 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.9 ±0.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$38,834 ±$1,756 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $34,960 ±$241
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$82,671 ±$3,902 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Kentucky: $62,417 ±$401
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

8.6% ±1.5% (4,066  ±684) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 707,480 (±0.2% / ±10,444)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

26.9 minutes ±1.2 (573,360  ±32,843) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,734,136 (±0.1 / ±320,197)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

17,850 ±331 Number of households
  • Kentucky: 1,791,991 ±5,353
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.6 ±0.1 (47,202  ±43) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,388,482
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

5.7% ±1.6% (649  ±181) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 5.3% 53,943 (±0.2% / ±1,856)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

19,216 ±51 Number of housing units
  • Kentucky: 2,010,655 ±372
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$277,500 ±$12,380 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Kentucky: $192,300 ±$1,018
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

9.4% ±1.5% (4,508  ±740.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kentucky: 12.9% 574,533 (±0.2% / ±9,944)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

88.2% ±3.7% (29,768  ±1,243.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 88.5% 2,725,191 (±0.4% / ±12,155.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
31% ±2.3% (10,481  ±776.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 27% 830,856 (±0.2% / ±6,979.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

6.2% (3,029  ±344) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kentucky: 4.4% 199,605
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

7.6% ±1.3% (2,861  ±496) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 6.8% 235,118 (±0.1% / ±3,869)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
2,861 Total veterans ±496 2,550 Male ±424 311 Female ±150

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