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Nicholasville, KY

32,197 Population
15.2 square miles 2,116.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.7 ±1.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 36.7 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,714 ±$1,911 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: $42,479 ±$770
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$68,503 ±$5,682 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: $71,966 ±$1,111
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.1% ±2.7% (4,167  ±857) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 13.8% 69,593 (±0.6% / ±3,242)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24 minutes ±1.1 (322,965  ±24,097) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 21.9 5,021,380 (±0.3 / ±95,773)
  • about the same as 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

12,131 ±442 Number of households
  • the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 216,273 ±950
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (31,884  ±62) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 2.3 506,133 (±0 / ±179)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,413,943
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.1% ±2.2% (317  ±170) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 5.2% † 6,778 (±0.6% / ±735)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 55,780 (±0.2% / ±1,896)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

12,863 ±397 Number of housing units
  • the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 231,167 ±134
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$226,800 ±$7,997 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: $281,300 ±$3,757
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.2% ±2.7% (4,214  ±855.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 17% 87,850 (±0.7% / ±3,378.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.8% ±4.4% (19,031  ±1,045.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 91.7% 317,914 (±1.2% / ±4,069.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 88.9% 2,753,821 (±0.4% / ±12,191.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
26.9% ±2.8% (5,767  ±611.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 42% 145,527 (±0.8% / ±2,866.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)
  • about three-quarters 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

6.4% ±2% (2,052  ±630) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 8.9% 46,580
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kentucky: 4.7% 211,210
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.4% ±1.4% (1,532  ±332) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 5.6% 22,713 (±0.3% / ±1,009)
  • a little less than the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,532 Total veterans ±332 1,362 Male ±310 170 Female ±106

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