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Prestonsburg, KY

3,765 Population
14.7 square miles 255.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.6 ±5.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Pikeville, KY Micro Area: 43.1 ±0.4
  • 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

$21,205 ±$5,282 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Pikeville, KY Micro Area: $26,419 ±$1,026
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$25,746 ±$4,604 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Pikeville, KY Micro Area: $43,214 ±$2,659
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

45.3% ±10% (1,601  ±352) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Pikeville, KY Micro Area: 25.8% 23,135 (±1.8% / ±1,593)
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.4 minutes ±3.8 (17,180  ±5,948) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Pikeville, KY Micro Area: 26 742,790 (±1.6 / ±52,197)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,618 ±161 Number of households
  • the Pikeville, KY Micro Area: 38,984 ±624
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.2 (3,369  ±28) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Pikeville, KY Micro Area: 2.3 89,729 (±0 / ±102)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,413,943
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.2% ±3.5% (21  ±23) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Pikeville, KY Micro Area: 4.4% † 837 (±1.1% / ±207)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 55,780 (±0.2% / ±1,896)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,848 ±194 Number of housing units
  • the Pikeville, KY Micro Area: 46,549 ±65
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$161,300 ±$12,950 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Pikeville, KY Micro Area: $106,500 ±$6,505
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

19.4% ±5.7% (725  ±213.6) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Pikeville, KY Micro Area: 9.1% † 8,289 (±1.1% / ±1,007.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

83.3% ±10.3% (2,058  ±324.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Pikeville, KY Micro Area: 82.1% 53,918 (±2.5% / ±1,619.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Kentucky: 88.9% 2,753,821 (±0.4% / ±12,191.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.8% ±7.1% (464  ±180) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Pikeville, KY Micro Area: 16.9% 11,066 (±1.2% / ±759.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)
  • about half 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

0.6% ±1% (24  ±37) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Pikeville, KY Micro Area: 0.7% 679
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Kentucky: 4.7% 211,210
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.6% ±2% (104  ±59) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Pikeville, KY Micro Area: 4.5% † 3,242 (±0.6% / ±437)
  • about half the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
104 Total veterans ±59 90 Male ±61 14 Female ±11

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