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Independence, KY

29,024 Population
17.7 square miles 1,636.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.8 ±1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area: 38.2 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$39,477 ±$2,382 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area: $43,371 ±$365
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $34,960 ±$241
$98,653 ±$9,123 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area: $79,490 ±$732
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Kentucky: $62,417 ±$401

8.5% ±2.7% (2,449  ±771) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area: 11.6% 256,786 (±0.3% / ±6,794)
  • about half the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 707,480 (±0.2% / ±10,444)

27.3 minutes ±1.1 (369,145  ±25,628) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area: 25 24,035,524 (±0.2 / ±243,544)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,734,136 (±0.1 / ±320,197)

Families

10,115 ±368 Number of households
  • the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area: 899,273 ±2,633
  • Kentucky: 1,791,991 ±5,353
2.9 ±0.1 (29,021  ±31) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area: 2.5 2,208,934 (±0 / ±601)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,388,482

7.2% ±3.3% (547  ±249) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area: 5.5% 28,515 (±0.3% / ±1,490)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kentucky: 5.3% 53,943 (±0.2% / ±1,856)

Housing

10,339 ±380 Number of housing units
  • the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area: 961,797 ±376
  • Kentucky: 2,010,655 ±372

$240,500 ±$7,208 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area: $240,200 ±$1,485
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $192,300 ±$1,018

7.4% ±2% (2,106  ±579.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area: 12.7% 282,130 (±0.3% / ±6,827.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 12.9% 574,533 (±0.2% / ±9,944)

Social

94.2% ±5.2% (17,806  ±1,077.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area: 92.3% 1,405,975 (±0.6% / ±9,415)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kentucky: 88.5% 2,725,191 (±0.4% / ±12,155.7)
37.3% ±3.8% (7,040  ±733.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area: 36.9% 561,945 (±0.4% / ±5,786.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kentucky: 27% 830,856 (±0.2% / ±6,979.9)

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

2.9% ±1% (830  ±279) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area: 5.7% 128,627
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kentucky: 4.4% 199,605

5.9% ±1.3% (1,255  ±281) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area: 6.4% 109,840 (±0.2% / ±2,762)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 6.8% 235,118 (±0.1% / ±3,869)
1,255 Total veterans ±281 1,176 Male ±260 79 Female ±102

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