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Leitchfield, KY

6,434 Population
10.8 square miles 598.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±4.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Grayson County: 40.3 ±1
  • a little higher than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$25,084 ±$4,757 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Grayson County: $27,601 ±$1,465
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kentucky: $34,960 ±$241
$47,168 ±$4,185 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Grayson County: $49,893 ±$2,428
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kentucky: $62,417 ±$401

22.3% ±8.3% (1,337  ±497) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Grayson County: 19.3% † 5,027 (±3% / ±786)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 707,480 (±0.2% / ±10,444)

18.4 minutes ±4.3 (44,940  ±12,229) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Grayson County: 25.6 259,595 (±1.7 / ±21,589)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,734,136 (±0.1 / ±320,197)

Families

2,520 ±270 Number of households
  • Grayson County: 9,772 ±326
  • Kentucky: 1,791,991 ±5,353
2.4 ±0.3 (5,990  ±30) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Grayson County: 2.7 26,139 (±0.1 / ±28)
  • a little less than the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,388,482

7.5% ±7.1% (104  ±99) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Grayson County: 6.9% † 380 (±3.3% / ±182)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kentucky: 5.3% 53,943 (±0.2% / ±1,856)

Housing

2,812 ±290 Number of housing units
  • Grayson County: 13,336 ±28
  • Kentucky: 2,010,655 ±372

$156,700 ±$38,291 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Grayson County: $160,100 ±$13,330
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $192,300 ±$1,018

12.8% ±4.9% (817  ±311.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Grayson County: 8.3% † 2,171 (±1.7% / ±444.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 12.9% 574,533 (±0.2% / ±9,944)

Social

83.3% ±8.2% (3,996  ±514.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Grayson County: 85.1% 15,562 (±4.3% / ±789)
  • a little less than the rate in Kentucky: 88.5% 2,725,191 (±0.4% / ±12,155.7)
10.9% ±4.4% (521  ±216.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Grayson County: 14.6% † 2,677 (±2.1% / ±379.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 27% 830,856 (±0.2% / ±6,979.9)

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

1.3% ±1.5% (85  ±97) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Grayson County: 0.7% 193
  • about one-third of the rate in Kentucky: 4.4% 199,605

5.5% ±2.5% (289  ±131) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Grayson County: 5.7% † 1,164 (±1% / ±209)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 6.8% 235,118 (±0.1% / ±3,869)
289 Total veterans ±131 259 Male ±122 30 Female ±34

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