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Murray, KY

17,888 Population
11.7 square miles 1,533.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

25.7 ±1.4 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Murray, KY Micro Area: 35.4 ±0.5
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$24,946 ±$2,851 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Murray, KY Micro Area: $29,862 ±$2,039
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kentucky: $34,960 ±$241
$40,348 ±$4,906 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Murray, KY Micro Area: $51,854 ±$3,769
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kentucky: $62,417 ±$401

24.9% ±4.9% (3,720  ±735) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Murray, KY Micro Area: 17.2% † 6,012 (±2.5% / ±883)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 707,480 (±0.2% / ±10,444)

11.7 minutes ±1.4 (90,600  ±12,684) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Murray, KY Micro Area: 16.8 273,905 (±1.1 / ±20,401)
  • about half the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,734,136 (±0.1 / ±320,197)

Families

6,674 ±312 Number of households
  • the Murray, KY Micro Area: 15,086 ±389
  • Kentucky: 1,791,991 ±5,353
2.2 ±0.1 (14,948  ±80) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Murray, KY Micro Area: 2.3 34,780 (±0.1 / ±52)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,388,482

4.8% ±2% (286  ±117) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Murray, KY Micro Area: 4% † 401 (±1.3% / ±131)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 5.3% 53,943 (±0.2% / ±1,856)

Housing

7,772 ±358 Number of housing units
  • the Murray, KY Micro Area: 18,034 ±41
  • Kentucky: 2,010,655 ±372

$193,300 ±$11,416 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Murray, KY Micro Area: $181,200 ±$9,756
  • about the same as the amount in Kentucky: $192,300 ±$1,018

27.1% ±4.2% (4,804  ±752.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Murray, KY Micro Area: 17.5% † 6,557 (±2.4% / ±906.6)
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 12.9% 574,533 (±0.2% / ±9,944)

Social

91.4% ±5.7% (8,359  ±615) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Murray, KY Micro Area: 91.4% 21,365 (±4% / ±940.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kentucky: 88.5% 2,725,191 (±0.4% / ±12,155.7)
37% ±4.2% (3,386  ±407.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Murray, KY Micro Area: 32.3% 7,557 (±2.6% / ±615.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kentucky: 27% 830,856 (±0.2% / ±6,979.9)

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

4.5% ±1.3% (806  ±233) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Murray, KY Micro Area: 3.7% 1,395
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 4.4% 199,605

3.8% ±1.1% (567  ±165) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Murray, KY Micro Area: 5.8% † 1,792 (±0.8% / ±245)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 6.8% 235,118 (±0.1% / ±3,869)
567 Total veterans ±165 522 Male ±153 45 Female ±45

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