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Sturgis, KY

1,864 Population
1.6 square miles 1,190 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.5 ±6.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Union County: 42.4 ±1.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,786 ±$4,778 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Union County: $30,559 ±$2,577
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$36,780 ±$12,654 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Union County: $60,327 † ±$9,086
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.4% ±6.2% (301  ±126) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Union County: 18.4% † 2,405 (±3.3% / ±430)
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.4 minutes ±4.3 (15,490  ±4,811) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Union County: 22.1 115,855 (±1.9 / ±12,589)
  • 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

795 ±142 Number of households
  • Union County: 5,198 ±187
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (1,858  ±338) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Union County: 2.4 12,472 (±0.1 / ±67)
  • a little less than the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,413,943
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.5% ±5.1% (18  ±21) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Union County: 5.2% † 152 (±2.8% / ±83)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 55,780 (±0.2% / ±1,896)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

879 ±156 Number of housing units
  • Union County: 5,846 ±47
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$84,500 ±$13,374 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Union County: $104,500 † ±$13,323
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.2% ±4.3% (205  ±86.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Union County: 12.7% † 1,662 (±3.1% / ±400.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.1% ±21.6% (1,321  ±219.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Union County: 91.3% 8,656 (±6.1% / ±584.3)
  • 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)
14.4% ±5.9% (211  ±94.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Union County: 13.1% † 1,241 (±2.3% / ±213.4)
  • about half the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)
  • about two-fifths of 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

0.2% ±0.3% (3  ±5) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Union County: 0.7% 86
  • less than 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

5% ±3.1% (80  ±52) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Union County: 6.6% † 709 (±1.7% / ±185)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
80 Total veterans ±52 72 Male ±50 8 Female ±9

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