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Berea, KY

15,557 Population
16.5 square miles 942.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.1 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Richmond-Berea, KY Micro Area: 36.6 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$26,622 ±$2,787 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Richmond-Berea, KY Micro Area: $30,897 ±$895
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kentucky: $34,960 ±$241
$56,484 ±$6,304 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Richmond-Berea, KY Micro Area: $58,837 ±$1,981
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $62,417 ±$401

19.5% ±3.9% (2,736  ±544) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Richmond-Berea, KY Micro Area: 17.7% 20,826 (±1.3% / ±1,536)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 707,480 (±0.2% / ±10,444)

24.6 minutes ±2.6 (151,655  ±20,582) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Richmond-Berea, KY Micro Area: 26.8 1,361,535 (±0.8 / ±51,369)
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,734,136 (±0.1 / ±320,197)

Families

5,694 ±263 Number of households
  • the Richmond-Berea, KY Micro Area: 49,050 ±549
  • Kentucky: 1,791,991 ±5,353
2.5 ±0.1 (14,113  ±45) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Richmond-Berea, KY Micro Area: 2.4 118,072 (±0 / ±127)
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,388,482

5.4% ±1.9% (236  ±83) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Richmond-Berea, KY Micro Area: 4.9% † 1,525 (±0.8% / ±258)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kentucky: 5.3% 53,943 (±0.2% / ±1,856)

Housing

6,218 ±247 Number of housing units
  • the Richmond-Berea, KY Micro Area: 54,144 ±69
  • Kentucky: 2,010,655 ±372

$178,000 ±$15,561 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Richmond-Berea, KY Micro Area: $189,000 ±$7,746
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $192,300 ±$1,018

18.1% ±3.3% (2,768  ±504) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Richmond-Berea, KY Micro Area: 14.8% 18,223 (±1.2% / ±1,439.3)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kentucky: 12.9% 574,533 (±0.2% / ±9,944)

Social

86.3% ±5.6% (8,475  ±625.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Richmond-Berea, KY Micro Area: 88.2% 71,119 (±2.3% / ±1,879)
  • a little less than the rate in Kentucky: 88.5% 2,725,191 (±0.4% / ±12,155.7)
27% ±3.4% (2,649  ±343.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Richmond-Berea, KY Micro Area: 28.2% 22,739 (±1.4% / ±1,090.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 27% 830,856 (±0.2% / ±6,979.9)

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

2.7% ±1.1% (422  ±174) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Richmond-Berea, KY Micro Area: 2.3% 2,854
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 4.4% 199,605

5.1% ±1.3% (636  ±161) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Richmond-Berea, KY Micro Area: 7% 6,816 (±0.6% / ±607)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kentucky: 6.8% 235,118 (±0.1% / ±3,869)
636 Total veterans ±161 544 Male ±141 92 Female ±67

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