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5,898 Population
6 square miles 979.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.3 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 43.3 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,948 ±$2,565 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: $36,357 ±$1,388
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$51,548 ±$4,256 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: $62,286 ±$2,221
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

16.6% ±4.9% (941  ±277) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 15.5% 15,702 (±1.3% / ±1,332)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

17.4 minutes ±2.1 (37,750  ±6,511) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 19.9 835,300 (±0.7 / ±34,696)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

2,513 ±184 Number of households
  • the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 41,268 ±615
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.2 ±0.2 (5,637  ±23) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 2.5 101,114 (±0 / ±46)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

3.1% ±2.9% (42  ±40) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 4.4% † 957 (±1.2% / ±261)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

3,125 ±146 Number of housing units
  • the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 49,618 ±50
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$93,700 ±$8,952 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: $160,500 ±$6,546
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

9.3% ±4.5% (541  ±263.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 8.9% 9,102 (±0.9% / ±893.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

84.9% ±7.9% (3,709  ±376.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 92% 67,152 (±2.4% / ±1,791.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
14.4% ±3.6% (628  ±158.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 23.8% 17,351 (±1.3% / ±981.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 37.2% 3,249,494 (±0.2% / ±13,788.4)

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

3% ±1.4% (178  ±83) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 1.6% 1,665
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

9.4% ±2.9% (446  ±136) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 7.5% 6,000 (±0.6% / ±455)
  • nearly double the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
446 Total veterans ±136 446 Male ±136 N/A Female ±17

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