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Mount Sterling, KY

7,551 Population
4.5 square miles 1,679.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.8 ±4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Mount Sterling, KY Micro Area: 40.4 ±0.7
  • a little less than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$27,422 ±$2,977 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Mount Sterling, KY Micro Area: $29,264 ±$2,262
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
$55,827 ±$7,321 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Mount Sterling, KY Micro Area: $55,208 ±$2,766
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429

16.9% ±5.9% (1,234  ±429) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Mount Sterling, KY Micro Area: 19.6% † 9,182 (±2.4% / ±1,113)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)

23 minutes ±4.1 (75,390  ±15,719) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Mount Sterling, KY Micro Area: 27.2 489,285 (±1.6 / ±35,079)
  • a little less than the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)

Families

3,071 ±212 Number of households
  • the Mount Sterling, KY Micro Area: 18,181 ±392
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
2.4 ±0.2 (7,353  ±24) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Mount Sterling, KY Micro Area: 2.6 46,933 (±0.1 / ±17)
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,413,943

2.2% ±1.6% (46  ±34) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Mount Sterling, KY Micro Area: 6.1% † 653 (±1.6% / ±173)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 55,780 (±0.2% / ±1,896)

Housing

3,507 ±223 Number of housing units
  • the Mount Sterling, KY Micro Area: 21,097 ±156
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474

$187,600 ±$18,489 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Mount Sterling, KY Micro Area: $151,900 ±$7,782
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096

17% ±5.8% (1,283  ±436.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Mount Sterling, KY Micro Area: 11.7% † 5,475 (±1.9% / ±867.4)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)

Social

88.9% ±9.6% (4,632  ±553.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Mount Sterling, KY Micro Area: 84.6% 27,428 (±3.5% / ±1,163.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 88.9% 2,753,821 (±0.4% / ±12,191.4)
23.6% ±4.7% (1,229  ±251) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Mount Sterling, KY Micro Area: 17.8% 5,773 (±1.6% / ±507.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)

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

1.3% ±0.9% (101  ±65) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Mount Sterling, KY Micro Area: 0.9% 414
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kentucky: 4.7% 211,210

5.7% ±2.3% (336  ±138) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Mount Sterling, KY Micro Area: 5.4% † 1,962 (±0.9% / ±316)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
336 Total veterans ±138 299 Male ±131 37 Female ±58

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