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Princeton, KY

6,241 Population
9 square miles 694.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.5 ±6.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Caldwell County: 42.4 ±0.9
  • a little higher than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,952 ±$3,383 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Caldwell County: $30,830 ±$2,164
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$47,411 ±$13,154 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Caldwell County: $59,583 † ±$10,570
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.8% ±7% (958  ±427) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Caldwell County: 15.2% † 1,887 (±4.1% / ±507)
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21 minutes ±3 (47,080  ±9,541) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Caldwell County: 24.4 123,980 (±2.3 / ±15,971)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,367 ±165 Number of households
  • Caldwell County: 5,025 ±187
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.2 (6,081  ±23) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Caldwell County: 2.5 12,406 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • a little higher than the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,413,943
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

10% ±5.4% (134  ±76) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Caldwell County: 8.6% † 229 (±3.7% / ±99)
  • nearly double the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 55,780 (±0.2% / ±1,896)
  • about double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,837 ±164 Number of housing units
  • Caldwell County: 6,064 ±44
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$96,600 ±$14,605 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Caldwell County: $118,500 ±$9,284
  • about half the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7% ±3% (424  ±181.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Caldwell County: 6.6% † 816 (±2.1% / ±259.1)
  • 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

87.9% ±9.5% (3,630  ±447.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Caldwell County: 91.3% 8,081 (±6.9% / ±610.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 88.9% 2,753,821 (±0.4% / ±12,191.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.7% ±5% (690  ±210.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Caldwell County: 17.1% † 1,513 (±3.2% / ±287.4)
  • about three-fifths 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

0.5% ±0.7% (33  ±41) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Caldwell County: 1.2% 152
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 4.7% 211,210
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.3% ±4.2% (438  ±200) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Caldwell County: 8% † 773 (±2.4% / ±229)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
438 Total veterans ±200 404 Male ±190 34 Female ±48

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