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Paris, KY

10,160 Population
7.9 square miles 1,278.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.8 ±2 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

$30,645 ±$2,646 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
$55,839 ±$8,051 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: $71,966 ±$1,111
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.9% ±4% (1,699  ±400) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 13.8% 69,593 (±0.6% / ±3,242)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24 minutes ±2.4 (98,035  ±12,727) 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

4,153 ±236 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
2.4 ±0.1 (10,049  ±32) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 2.3 506,133 (±0 / ±179)
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,413,943
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.3% ±2.1% (50  ±46) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 5.2% † 6,778 (±0.6% / ±735)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 55,780 (±0.2% / ±1,896)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,693 ±216 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

$186,300 ±$19,023 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: $281,300 ±$3,757
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.7% ±2.5% (779  ±253.4) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 17% 87,850 (±0.7% / ±3,378.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87% ±6.7% (5,992  ±499.5) 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)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
25% ±3.9% (1,721  ±275.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 42% 145,527 (±0.8% / ±2,866.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)
  • about two-thirds 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

3.8% ±1.4% (390  ±146) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 8.9% 46,580
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 4.7% 211,210
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.4% ±1.4% (340  ±110) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 5.6% 22,713 (±0.3% / ±1,009)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
340 Total veterans ±110 297 Male ±97 43 Female ±30

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