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Leitchfield, KY

6,819 Population
10.8 square miles 633.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42 ±3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Grayson County: 40.5 ±1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,439 ±$3,220 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Grayson County: $28,372 ±$1,682
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$44,347 ±$5,493 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Grayson County: $50,757 ±$2,233
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

24.4% ±7.6% (1,526  ±479) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Grayson County: 20.1% † 5,233 (±2.9% / ±752)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.4 minutes ±4.3 (49,005  ±12,469) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Grayson County: 27.9 275,690 (±1.8 / ±22,347)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,741 ±259 Number of households
  • Grayson County: 10,129 ±297
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (6,246  ±38) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Grayson County: 2.6 26,129 (±0.1 / ±31)
  • 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

5.9% ±5.8% (90  ±90) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Grayson County: 5.9% † 326 (±3.1% / ±170)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 55,780 (±0.2% / ±1,896)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,044 ±274 Number of housing units
  • Grayson County: 13,369 ±47
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$159,100 ±$24,001 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Grayson County: $164,600 ±$7,557
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

18.1% ±6% (1,222  ±403.7) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in Grayson County: 9.2% † 2,424 (±1.9% / ±502.3)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

80% ±9.1% (4,088  ±538) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Grayson County: 85.3% 15,680 (±4.3% / ±787.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 88.9% 2,753,821 (±0.4% / ±12,191.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12.4% ±4.1% (632  ±212.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Grayson County: 16.1% † 2,966 (±2% / ±367)
  • about half the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)
  • about one-third 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

1.5% ±1.5% (100  ±99) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Grayson County: 1% 255
  • about one-third of the rate in Kentucky: 4.7% 211,210
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.2% ±2.5% (400  ±143) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Grayson County: 5.9% † 1,207 (±1% / ±194)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
400 Total veterans ±143 390 Male ±138 10 Female ±17

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