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Princeton, KY

6,242 Population
9 square miles 694.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.2 ±5.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Caldwell County: 42.3 ±0.9
  • a little higher than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$28,497 ±$3,296 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Caldwell County: $31,544 ±$1,848
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $34,960 ±$241
$51,875 ±$10,689 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Caldwell County: $57,618 † ±$7,603
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $62,417 ±$401

13.7% ±5.1% (837  ±310) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Caldwell County: 13.9% † 1,731 (±3.1% / ±386)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 707,480 (±0.2% / ±10,444)

21.9 minutes ±3.1 (46,340  ±10,425) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Caldwell County: 24.7 † 125,155 (±2.6 / ±17,666)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,734,136 (±0.1 / ±320,197)

Families

2,426 ±204 Number of households
  • Caldwell County: 5,187 ±208
  • Kentucky: 1,791,991 ±5,353
2.5 ±0.2 (6,092  ±26) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Caldwell County: 2.4 12,431 (±0.1 / ±17)
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,388,482

12% ±5.5% (164  ±78) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Caldwell County: 11.9% † 314 (±4.5% / ±120)
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 5.3% 53,943 (±0.2% / ±1,856)

Housing

2,928 ±171 Number of housing units
  • Caldwell County: 6,085 ±21
  • Kentucky: 2,010,655 ±372

$89,700 ±$19,752 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Caldwell County: $113,500 ±$7,966
  • about half the amount in Kentucky: $192,300 ±$1,018

8% ±3.6% (487  ±222.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Caldwell County: 6.5% † 811 (±2.2% / ±277.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 12.9% 574,533 (±0.2% / ±9,944)

Social

85.3% ±9.6% (3,447  ±439.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Caldwell County: 89.9% 7,911 (±6.5% / ±569.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Kentucky: 88.5% 2,725,191 (±0.4% / ±12,155.7)
19.3% ±5.5% (780  ±225.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Caldwell County: 18.1% † 1,591 (±3.4% / ±295.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kentucky: 27% 830,856 (±0.2% / ±6,979.9)

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

2.2% ±2.1% (134  ±128) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Caldwell County: 2.1% 263
  • about half the rate in Kentucky: 4.4% 199,605

7.4% ±3.2% (344  ±148) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Caldwell County: 7.1% † 686 (±1.9% / ±187)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 6.8% 235,118 (±0.1% / ±3,869)
344 Total veterans ±148 312 Male ±133 32 Female ±49

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