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Monticello, KY

5,741 Population
6.1 square miles 942.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.2 ±3.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wayne County: 43.4 ±0.9
  • a little higher than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$21,289 ±$3,123 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wayne County: $27,424 † ±$4,274
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $34,960 ±$241
$37,733 ±$12,866 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wayne County: $41,933 † ±$5,992
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $62,417 ±$401

34.9% ±8.9% (1,918  ±487) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wayne County: 24.3% † 4,690 (±3.9% / ±748)
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 707,480 (±0.2% / ±10,444)

21.3 minutes ±3.4 (41,255  ±11,374) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wayne County: 23.7 † 148,000 (±3.1 / ±23,876)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,734,136 (±0.1 / ±320,197)

Families

2,382 ±174 Number of households
  • Wayne County: 8,028 ±297
  • Kentucky: 1,791,991 ±5,353
2.3 ±0.2 (5,491  ±23) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Wayne County: 2.4 19,318 (±0.1 / ±14)
  • a little less than the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,388,482

3.4% ±2.5% (58  ±43) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Wayne County: 6.4% † 264 (±2.5% / ±102)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kentucky: 5.3% 53,943 (±0.2% / ±1,856)

Housing

2,866 ±196 Number of housing units
  • Wayne County: 10,144 ±23
  • Kentucky: 2,010,655 ±372

$125,800 ±$12,344 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Wayne County: $121,700 ±$10,065
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kentucky: $192,300 ±$1,018

26.4% ±7.8% (1,498  ±440.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Wayne County: 12% † 2,317 (±2.8% / ±536.3)
  • about double the rate in Kentucky: 12.9% 574,533 (±0.2% / ±9,944)

Social

82% ±10.7% (3,431  ±472) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Wayne County: 79.4% 11,174 (±5.1% / ±715.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 88.5% 2,725,191 (±0.4% / ±12,155.7)
11.7% ±3.8% (491  ±160.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wayne County: 13.7% † 1,931 (±2.1% / ±295.5)
  • 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

4.4% ±2.9% (251  ±167) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Wayne County: 2.4% 469
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 4.4% 199,605

5.2% ±3.4% (243  ±159) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wayne County: 6.4% † 992 (±1.4% / ±216)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kentucky: 6.8% 235,118 (±0.1% / ±3,869)
243 Total veterans ±159 224 Male ±158 19 Female ±24

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