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Paducah CCD, McCracken County, KY

53,670 Population
74.5 square miles 720.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.2 ±0.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in McCracken County: 42.3 ±0.6
  • 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

$39,810 ±$3,033 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in McCracken County: $39,193 ±$2,491
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$61,031 ±$2,503 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in McCracken County: $64,373 ±$2,581
  • a little less than the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.2% ±2% (9,004  ±1,061) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in McCracken County: 15.2% † 10,056 (±1.6% / ±1,090)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.8 minutes ±0.8 (371,215  ±22,692) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in McCracken County: 17.6 488,420 (±0.9 / ±28,924)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

22,280 ±651 Number of households
  • McCracken County: 27,601 ±591
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (52,492  ±985) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in McCracken County: 2.4 66,324 (±0.1 / ±62)
  • a little less than the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,413,943
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.9% ±1.2% (341  ±140) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in McCracken County: 2.7% † 395 (±1% / ±151)
  • about half the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 55,780 (±0.2% / ±1,896)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

25,979 ±387 Number of housing units
  • McCracken County: 32,280 ±52
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$186,700 ±$13,003 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in McCracken County: $188,100 ±$8,553
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.7% ±1.5% (5,690  ±819.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in McCracken County: 9.4% † 6,287 (±1.2% / ±835.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.8% ±3.2% (34,914  ±1,385.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in McCracken County: 93.1% 44,516 (±3.1% / ±1,484.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kentucky: 88.9% 2,753,821 (±0.4% / ±12,191.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
30.5% ±2.1% (11,469  ±820.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in McCracken County: 29% 13,882 (±1.8% / ±867.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)
  • about 80 percent of 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

2.3% ±0.6% (1,217  ±322) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in McCracken County: 2.1% 1,417
  • about half the rate in Kentucky: 4.7% 211,210
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.1% ±0.9% (2,972  ±365) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in McCracken County: 7% † 3,712 (±0.8% / ±399)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,972 Total veterans ±365 2,750 Male ±324 222 Female ±120

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