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Paintsville, KY

4,256 Population
6.6 square miles 642.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.9 ±7.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Johnson County: 42 ±1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$21,439 ±$4,281 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Johnson County: $24,579 ±$2,124
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $34,960 ±$241
$26,713 ±$10,002 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Johnson County: $43,014 † ±$4,550
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $62,417 ±$401

34.7% ±9.3% (1,360  ±363) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Johnson County: 23.4% † 5,116 (±3.9% / ±851)
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 707,480 (±0.2% / ±10,444)

17.8 minutes ±1.4 (21,280  ±5,899) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Johnson County: 26.4 180,840 (±2.1 / ±20,854)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,734,136 (±0.1 / ±320,197)

Families

1,693 ±197 Number of households
  • Johnson County: 8,843 ±338
  • Kentucky: 1,791,991 ±5,353
2.3 ±0.3 (3,852  ±22) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Johnson County: 2.5 21,930 (±0.1 / ±30)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,388,482

7% ±8.9% (69  ±89) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Johnson County: 5.4% † 268 (±2.8% / ±138)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kentucky: 5.3% 53,943 (±0.2% / ±1,856)

Housing

2,157 ±217 Number of housing units
  • Johnson County: 10,530 ±41
  • Kentucky: 2,010,655 ±372

$110,800 ±$53,785 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Johnson County: $125,300 † ±$12,618
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $192,300 ±$1,018

19.5% ±7.6% (819  ±319.8) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Johnson County: 9.5% † 2,097 (±2.3% / ±508.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 12.9% 574,533 (±0.2% / ±9,944)

Social

82.2% ±11.2% (2,270  ±346.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Johnson County: 82.4% 13,021 (±5% / ±784.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 88.5% 2,725,191 (±0.4% / ±12,155.7)
17.2% ±6.1% (476  ±170.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Johnson County: 16.6% † 2,624 (±2.4% / ±377.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kentucky: 27% 830,856 (±0.2% / ±6,979.9)

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

1.3% ±1.3% (54  ±57) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Johnson County: 1.7% 386
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kentucky: 4.4% 199,605

4% ±2.7% (127  ±87) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Johnson County: 5% † 865 (±1.2% / ±206)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 6.8% 235,118 (±0.1% / ±3,869)
127 Total veterans ±87 120 Male ±86 7 Female ±12

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