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Lexington-Fayette Southwest CCD, Fayette County, KY

44,009 Population
46.2 square miles 952 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Fayette County: 35.3 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$52,333 ±$2,735 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Fayette County: $43,790 ±$977
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$101,250 ±$5,433 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Fayette County: $69,479 ±$1,691
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.1% ±1.3% (2,592  ±577) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Fayette County: 14.9% 46,481 (±0.9% / ±2,735)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.8 minutes ±1.5 (410,470  ±38,798) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Fayette County: 20.9 3,077,325 (±0.5 / ±84,928)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

17,495 ±616 Number of households
  • Fayette County: 139,715 ±787
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (42,669  ±1,998) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Fayette County: 2.2 311,089 (±0 / ±203)
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,413,943
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.1% ±1.4% (397  ±138) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Fayette County: 5.7% † 4,755 (±0.7% / ±582)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 55,780 (±0.2% / ±1,896)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

18,007 ±573 Number of housing units
  • Fayette County: 148,959 ±115
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$340,500 ±$8,574 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Fayette County: $293,500 ±$5,552
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.8% ±2.3% (5,595  ±1,027.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Fayette County: 20.2% 64,453 (±1% / ±3,095.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.4% ±1.9% (29,478  ±1,290.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Fayette County: 92.1% 194,889 (±1.6% / ±3,383.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 88.9% 2,753,821 (±0.4% / ±12,191.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
59.1% ±2% (18,082  ±934.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Fayette County: 48.3% 102,165 (±1.2% / ±2,483.7)
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

13% ±1.8% (5,714  ±814) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Fayette County: 11.9% 38,570
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 4.7% 211,210
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.5% ±0.7% (1,856  ±258) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Fayette County: 5% 12,848 (±0.4% / ±896)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,856 Total veterans ±258 1,645 Male ±246 211 Female ±120

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