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Payne Gap, KY

217 Population
2.3 square miles 94.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.6 ±4.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Letcher County: 43.3 ±1.4
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$21,071 ±$11,451 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Letcher County: $24,260 ±$2,377
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $34,960 ±$241
N/A Median household income

28.1% ±38.4% (61  ±92) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Letcher County: 26.8% † 5,539 (±4.1% / ±856)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 707,480 (±0.2% / ±10,444)

N/A

Families

138 ±108 Number of households
  • Letcher County: 8,367 ±286
  • Kentucky: 1,791,991 ±5,353
1.6 ±1.6 (217  ±139) Persons per household
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Letcher County: 2.5 20,822 (±0.1 / ±26)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,388,482

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

195 ±124 Number of housing units
  • Letcher County: 10,594 ±32
  • Kentucky: 2,010,655 ±372

N/A Median value of owner-occupied housing units

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

100% ±89.6% (209  ±128.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Letcher County: 79.8% 12,111 (±5.4% / ±817.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 88.5% 2,725,191 (±0.4% / ±12,155.7)
4.3% ±17.6% (9  ±37.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in Letcher County: 13.7% † 2,075 (±2.2% / ±332)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Kentucky: 27% 830,856 (±0.2% / ±6,979.9)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

6.7% ±10.1% (14  ±23) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Letcher County: 5.8% † 960 (±1.3% / ±210)
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 6.8% 235,118 (±0.1% / ±3,869)
14 Total veterans ±23 14 Male ±23 N/A Female ±13

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