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Mount Sterling, KY

7,549 Population
4.5 square miles 1,679.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.1 ±4.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Mount Sterling, KY Micro Area: 40.7 ±0.8
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$25,964 ±$2,826 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Mount Sterling, KY Micro Area: $28,291 ±$2,049
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kentucky: $34,960 ±$241
$50,843 ±$9,857 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Mount Sterling, KY Micro Area: $55,186 ±$3,527
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $62,417 ±$401

19.9% ±6.1% (1,452  ±442) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Mount Sterling, KY Micro Area: 19.2% † 8,933 (±2.4% / ±1,105)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 707,480 (±0.2% / ±10,444)

22.1 minutes ±3.4 (69,475  ±12,901) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Mount Sterling, KY Micro Area: 28.1 502,320 (±1.7 / ±37,133)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,734,136 (±0.1 / ±320,197)

Families

3,130 ±260 Number of households
  • the Mount Sterling, KY Micro Area: 18,080 ±423
  • Kentucky: 1,791,991 ±5,353
2.3 ±0.2 (7,334  ±49) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Mount Sterling, KY Micro Area: 2.6 46,714 (±0.1 / ±13)
  • a little less than the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,388,482

3.5% ±3.2% (66  ±60) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Mount Sterling, KY Micro Area: 5.3% † 540 (±1.8% / ±183)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kentucky: 5.3% 53,943 (±0.2% / ±1,856)

Housing

3,536 ±247 Number of housing units
  • the Mount Sterling, KY Micro Area: 21,070 ±167
  • Kentucky: 2,010,655 ±372

$178,200 ±$36,903 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Mount Sterling, KY Micro Area: $134,400 ±$8,779
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $192,300 ±$1,018

14.9% ±5.9% (1,121  ±447.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Mount Sterling, KY Micro Area: 11.1% † 5,201 (±1.9% / ±885.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 12.9% 574,533 (±0.2% / ±9,944)

Social

86.3% ±9.8% (4,463  ±584.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Mount Sterling, KY Micro Area: 83.1% 26,926 (±3.5% / ±1,142.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Kentucky: 88.5% 2,725,191 (±0.4% / ±12,155.7)
22.7% ±5% (1,173  ±267.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Mount Sterling, KY Micro Area: 17.8% 5,754 (±1.5% / ±489.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 27% 830,856 (±0.2% / ±6,979.9)

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

0.5% ±0.5% (39  ±34) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Mount Sterling, KY Micro Area: 0.9% 411
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 4.4% 199,605

6.7% ±3% (401  ±181) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Mount Sterling, KY Micro Area: 6.5% † 2,335 (±0.9% / ±318)
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 6.8% 235,118 (±0.1% / ±3,869)
401 Total veterans ±181 325 Male ±147 76 Female ±88

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