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Monticello, KY

5,753 Population
6.1 square miles 944.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.6 ±4.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wayne County: 43.8 ±0.7
  • a little higher than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,028 ±$2,970 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wayne County: $25,596 ±$2,062
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$44,952 ±$11,358 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Wayne County: $45,739 ±$4,327
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

30.4% ±7.9% (1,678  ±434) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wayne County: 24.8% † 4,783 (±4.2% / ±804)
  • nearly double the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.8 minutes ±6.6 (47,860  ±16,626) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wayne County: 24.8 † 157,750 (±2.8 / ±22,335)
  • a little less than the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,385 ±189 Number of households
  • Wayne County: 8,074 ±268
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (5,521  ±38) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Wayne County: 2.4 19,340 (±0.1 / ±15)
  • 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

6.1% ±3.9% (98  ±65) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wayne County: 8.4% † 341 (±2.9% / ±119)
  • 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

2,713 ±222 Number of housing units
  • Wayne County: 10,134 ±40
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$132,400 ±$14,463 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Wayne County: $135,700 † ±$14,202
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

22.8% ±6.7% (1,297  ±381.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Wayne County: 11% † 2,120 (±2.4% / ±457.9)
  • nearly double the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.3% ±10.1% (3,639  ±468.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Wayne County: 80.9% 11,488 (±4.9% / ±691.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Kentucky: 88.9% 2,753,821 (±0.4% / ±12,191.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
13.3% ±4.2% (573  ±182.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Wayne County: 13.9% † 1,973 (±2.1% / ±296.8)
  • about half the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)
  • about two-fifths 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

2.4% ±2% (136  ±115) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wayne County: 1.7% 342
  • about half the rate in Kentucky: 4.7% 211,210
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.6% ±3.4% (261  ±158) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wayne County: 6.3% † 983 (±1.2% / ±180)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
261 Total veterans ±158 221 Male ±152 40 Female ±35

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