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Nicholasville, KY

31,625 Population
15 square miles 2,108.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.2 ±1.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 36.6 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$31,320 ±$1,836 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: $41,230 ±$816
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $34,960 ±$241
$67,514 ±$5,353 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: $70,717 ±$1,236
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $62,417 ±$401

12.4% ±2.8% (3,885  ±859) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 14% 69,955 (±0.6% / ±3,149)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 707,480 (±0.2% / ±10,444)

24.7 minutes ±0.8 (335,720  ±23,991) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 21.8 5,005,655 (±0.3 / ±99,432)
  • a little higher than the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,734,136 (±0.1 / ±320,197)

Families

11,897 ±383 Number of households
  • the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 213,372 ±1,055
  • Kentucky: 1,791,991 ±5,353
2.6 ±0.1 (31,317  ±148) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 2.4 501,326 (±0 / ±185)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,388,482

4.2% ±2.1% (325  ±158) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 4.9% 6,337 (±0.4% / ±561)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 5.3% 53,943 (±0.2% / ±1,856)

Housing

12,518 ±392 Number of housing units
  • the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 229,005 ±173
  • Kentucky: 2,010,655 ±372

$210,700 ±$9,925 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: $258,900 ±$4,047
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $192,300 ±$1,018

12.8% ±2.3% (4,032  ±728.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 17.5% 89,836 (±0.7% / ±3,734.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 12.9% 574,533 (±0.2% / ±9,944)

Social

89% ±4.9% (18,884  ±1,107) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 91.9% 315,074 (±1.2% / ±4,064.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 88.5% 2,725,191 (±0.4% / ±12,155.7)
27% ±2.8% (5,732  ±599.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 41.1% 140,766 (±0.8% / ±2,605)
  • about the same as 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% ±1.1% (1,376  ±353) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 8.2% 42,401
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 4.4% 199,605

7% ±1.4% (1,660  ±333) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 5.9% 23,773 (±0.3% / ±1,040)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kentucky: 6.8% 235,118 (±0.1% / ±3,869)
1,660 Total veterans ±333 1,536 Male ±301 124 Female ±92

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