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Sorgho, KY

2,928 Population
4.7 square miles 617.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.1 ±10.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 39.1 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$34,489 ±$7,475 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: $35,046 ±$1,418
  • about the same as the amount in Kentucky: $34,960 ±$241
$118,688 ±$27,082 Median household income
  • nearly double the amount in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: $65,656 ±$2,831
  • nearly double the amount in Kentucky: $62,417 ±$401

6.4% ±9.4% (187  ±282) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 14.8% 16,154 (±1.3% / ±1,457)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 707,480 (±0.2% / ±10,444)

23.4 minutes ±5.5 (30,255  ±12,903) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 20.7 989,845 (±0.7 / ±40,310)
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,734,136 (±0.1 / ±320,197)

Families

857 ±226 Number of households
  • the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 44,765 ±426
  • Kentucky: 1,791,991 ±5,353
3.4 ±0.8 (2,928  ±1,040) Persons per household
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 2.5 109,461 (±0 / ±55)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,388,482

10.7% ±12.7% (68  ±85) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 5.5% † 1,360 (±1.2% / ±285)
  • about double the rate in Kentucky: 5.3% 53,943 (±0.2% / ±1,856)

Housing

857 ±226 Number of housing units
  • the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 48,370 ±52
  • Kentucky: 2,010,655 ±372

$252,800 ±$34,384 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: $182,100 ±$4,789
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Kentucky: $192,300 ±$1,018

3.7% ±5.9% (108  ±173.5) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 12.1% † 13,404 (±1.3% / ±1,400.8)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kentucky: 12.9% 574,533 (±0.2% / ±9,944)

Social

100% ±38% (1,641  ±410.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 91% 68,893 (±2.3% / ±1,767)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 88.5% 2,725,191 (±0.4% / ±12,155.7)
37.8% ±8.8% (620  ±229) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 24.7% 18,676 (±1.3% / ±968.7)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kentucky: 27% 830,856 (±0.2% / ±6,979.9)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

7.2% ±4.7% (131  ±93) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 6.6% 5,621 (±0.6% / ±490)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kentucky: 6.8% 235,118 (±0.1% / ±3,869)
131 Total veterans ±93 131 Male ±93 N/A Female ±13

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