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Lexington-Fayette Southwest CCD, Fayette County, KY

43,603 Population
46.2 square miles 943.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.2 ±1 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Fayette County: 35.2 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$52,674 ±$2,688 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Fayette County: $42,272 ±$975
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Kentucky: $34,960 ±$241
$101,213 ±$6,599 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Fayette County: $67,631 ±$1,736
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Kentucky: $62,417 ±$401

5.6% ±1.3% (2,371  ±551) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Fayette County: 15.7% 48,466 (±0.9% / ±2,702)
  • about one-third of the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 707,480 (±0.2% / ±10,444)

22.4 minutes ±1.4 (421,265  ±39,362) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Fayette County: 20.8 3,047,555 (±0.4 / ±76,946)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,734,136 (±0.1 / ±320,197)

Families

17,366 ±603 Number of households
  • Fayette County: 137,803 ±852
  • Kentucky: 1,791,991 ±5,353
2.4 ±0.1 (42,230  ±1,903) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Fayette County: 2.2 308,854 (±0 / ±183)
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,388,482

4.1% ±1.2% (403  ±119) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Fayette County: 5.3% † 4,403 (±0.6% / ±465)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 5.3% 53,943 (±0.2% / ±1,856)

Housing

17,923 ±584 Number of housing units
  • Fayette County: 147,720 ±118
  • Kentucky: 2,010,655 ±372

$316,600 ±$10,874 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Fayette County: $272,100 ±$5,134
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Kentucky: $192,300 ±$1,018

12.8% ±2% (5,536  ±909.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Fayette County: 20.5% 65,130 (±1% / ±3,099.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 12.9% 574,533 (±0.2% / ±9,944)

Social

96.3% ±1.9% (29,416  ±1,273.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Fayette County: 92.4% 193,582 (±1.6% / ±3,250.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 88.5% 2,725,191 (±0.4% / ±12,155.7)
56.8% ±2% (17,342  ±901.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Fayette County: 47.3% 99,135 (±1.1% / ±2,193.4)
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 27% 830,856 (±0.2% / ±6,979.9)

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

12.1% ±1.8% (5,287  ±815) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Fayette County: 11% 35,334
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 4.4% 199,605

5.7% ±1.1% (1,915  ±361) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Fayette County: 5.5% 13,857 (±0.3% / ±847)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 6.8% 235,118 (±0.1% / ±3,869)
1,915 Total veterans ±361 1,716 Male ±298 199 Female ±118

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