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Payne Gap, KY

440 Population
2.3 square miles 191 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.8 ±6.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Letcher County: 43.5 ±0.8
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$21,058 ±$8,278 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Letcher County: $22,681 ±$1,565
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$36,250 ±$30,869 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Letcher County: $41,793 ±$3,868
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15% ±21.2% (66  ±98) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Letcher County: 24.4% † 4,959 (±3.5% / ±712)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

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Families

229 ±117 Number of households
  • Letcher County: 8,463 ±267
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.9 ±1.3 (440  ±198) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Letcher County: 2.4 20,462 (±0.1 / ±40)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,413,943
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

284 ±136 Number of housing units
  • Letcher County: 10,603 ±31
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$-666,666,700 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • less than 10 percent of the amount in Letcher County: $67,400 † ±$8,633
  • less than 10 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096
  • less than 10 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

2.7% ±6.6% (12  ±29.5) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Letcher County: 11.1% † 2,283 (±2.5% / ±522.6)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

100% ±12.4% (362  ±160.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Letcher County: 82.4% 12,281 (±5.1% / ±765)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 88.9% 2,753,821 (±0.4% / ±12,191.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
3.3% ±10.8% (12  ±39.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Letcher County: 12.5% † 1,861 (±1.9% / ±281.3)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)
  • about 10 percent 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

N/A Foreign-born population

4.5% ±6.3% (17  ±25) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Letcher County: 6.2% † 1,012 (±1.1% / ±185)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
17 Total veterans ±25 17 Male ±25 N/A Female ±13

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