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Salyersville, KY

1,891 Population
2.5 square miles 766 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.5 ±7 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Magoffin County: 41.9 ±0.6
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$18,253 ±$3,547 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Magoffin County: $20,024 † ±$2,315
  • about half the amount in Kentucky: $34,960 ±$241
$30,714 ±$8,009 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Magoffin County: $33,632 † ±$3,488
  • about half the amount in Kentucky: $62,417 ±$401

43% ±10.1% (758  ±235) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Magoffin County: 33.4% † 3,775 (±5.3% / ±595)
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 707,480 (±0.2% / ±10,444)

36.6 minutes ±12.2 (12,520  ±6,157) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Magoffin County: 32.2 † 91,690 (±4.2 / ±15,834)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,734,136 (±0.1 / ±320,197)

Families

740 ±148 Number of households
  • Magoffin County: 4,564 ±200
  • Kentucky: 1,791,991 ±5,353
2.4 ±0.1 (1,766  ±360) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Magoffin County: 2.5 11,370 (±0.1 / ±3)
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,388,482

4.6% ±7.2% (17  ±27) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Magoffin County: 5.9% † 139 (±4.3% / ±100)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 5.3% 53,943 (±0.2% / ±1,856)

Housing

887 ±154 Number of housing units
  • Magoffin County: 5,466 ±18
  • Kentucky: 2,010,655 ±372

$96,500 ±$41,024 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Magoffin County: $88,300 † ±$16,847
  • about half the amount in Kentucky: $192,300 ±$1,018

10.8% ±5.9% (203  ±116.4) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Magoffin County: 10.3% † 1,177 (±3.8% / ±430.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 12.9% 574,533 (±0.2% / ±9,944)

Social

75.6% ±10.4% (1,014  ±221) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Magoffin County: 74.9% 6,070 (±6% / ±488)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 88.5% 2,725,191 (±0.4% / ±12,155.7)
15% ±8.5% (201  ±118.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Magoffin County: 13.2% † 1,069 (±2.8% / ±224.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 27% 830,856 (±0.2% / ±6,979.9)

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

0.7% ±1.1% (13  ±21) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Magoffin County: 0.4% 43
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Kentucky: 4.4% 199,605

6.3% ±5% (87  ±70) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Magoffin County: 4.2% † 371 (±1.6% / ±143)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 6.8% 235,118 (±0.1% / ±3,869)
87 Total veterans ±70 87 Male ±70 N/A Female ±13

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